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Restrictions and rules in Decatur and Macon County are still being debated on several levels.

DECATUR — City council members struggled Monday night, and eventually delayed a vote, over whether to allow indoor dining and service at Decatur’s restaurants and bars. Council members will take up the issue at their meeting on Jan. 19, and have pledged to take a vote then, one way or the other.  Momentum is building to at least allow restaurants and bars to open at 25% capacity, although some council members remain worried about even doing that and such a decision could open the city to legal sanctions if the state decides to hit back at openly flouting is COVID-19 safety guidel...

City council members struggled Monday night, and eventually delayed a vote, over whether to allow indoor dining and service at Decatur’s restaurants and bars.

DECATUR — Worries about the damage being done to local restaurants and bars could be on the verge of prompting the city of Decatur to rescind or radically alter its ordinances backing enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions ordered by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. City council members had pushed for such an item to be on Monday night’s council agenda. And that meeting comes on the eve of a significant meeting of the Macon County Board’s Environment, Education, Health and Wellness committee on Tuesday. The agenda for that meeting will look at whether the county’s health department has b...