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This is the second in a three-part series of about the impact of farm runoff and the Central Illinois agriculture sector.

Paul Simon Institute to host virtual talk with Decatur mayor Tactical Navigation Paul Simon Institute to host virtual talk with Decatur mayor CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will host a virtual conversation with Julie Moore Wolfe, the mayor of Decatur, Illinois, on Wednesday, May 12.  Moore Wolfe and institute director John Shaw will talk about the mayor’s career in economic development and politics and the challenges she and her city have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion is part of the institute’s M...

"I wanted to be part of the solution and help make Decatur even better, because we were going through some tough times," said McDaniel in an interview with Herald &

DECATUR — Von Thomas’ house in Decatur’s Johns Hill neighborhood is as pretty as a picture and totally camera-ready. But the unblinking eyes of the surveillance cameras about to be deployed in the streets around Thomas’ 1940s home aren’t interested in his nicely redone brick tuckpointing, refurbished windows or an immaculate yard, due to be adorned soon with exotic plantings for the summer. The coming cameras, capable of reading license plates on cars whizzing by at speeds up to 100 mph, are focused on capturing evidence. It’s part of a private and city-funded an...

License plate-reading cameras: effective anti-crime tool or just a costly and nosy new neighbor?  The council also approved the purchase of several vehicles, including six 2021 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles for about $315,000.  The vehicles replaces three Chevrolet Impalas and three Ford Interceptors, which have between 70,000 and 107,000 miles of use.  Two of the vehicles will have high performance EcoBoost engines requested by the Decatur Police Department for occasions that require an improved emergency response. Computer equipment and body cams will be transferred to t...