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Decatur council faces property tax discussion
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 2:00PM UMDT on December 7, 2009
The Decatur City Council is expected to act on a plan from City
Manager Ryan McCrady to fund employee pensions and other
obligations without raising the city's property tax rate.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 1:00PM UMDT on December 7, 2009
Sharee, one of the recent Herald & Review's Pet of the Week
stars, posed nicely for the camera as her photograph was taken by
Irene Peterson of the Humane Society of Decatur and Macon
County.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
CARBONDALE (AP) - Two women are accused of stealing a Salvation
Army donation kettle from outside a southern Illinois
Walmart.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 10:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration plans to cut its
estimate of the projected costs of the government bailout program
by more than $200 billion and is looking at using part of the
savings to f
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 9:25AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey
are the newest members of baseball's Hall of Fame.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 9:20AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
Decatur has been a campaign stop for many campaigning for
statewide office in 2010, but the reasons why depend on which side
of the aisle you're on.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 9:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pushing Americans to receive swine flu
vaccinations, the Obama administration today released a new slate
of television and radio ads to counter an illness that already has
infected m
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 8:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is conducting a
workshop on government openness for federal employees behind closed
doors today, a private training session for freedom-of-information
offici
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 5:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
 DECATUR - Ninety-four years is a long time to wait for a face
lift.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 5:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
 CERRO GORDO - Draped over the windshield of a child-size Jeep
and covered with fake blood, Dillon Keller was the "driver" in a
distracted-driving fatality display at Cerro Gordo High School
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 5:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
 DECATUR - What Abraham Lincoln called the "mystic chords of
memory" don't always play in tune.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 5:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
DECATUR - The south half of the fourth floor of the Macon County
Office Building, vacant for several months after the departure of
Decatur Township offices, soon will have new occupants.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 5:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
DECATUR - The fine art of Christmas shopping gets a lot more
interesting when it's art that's on sale.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 5:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
DECATUR - The Decatur City Council is scheduled to vote on
whether to accept a plan that keeps the city's portion of the
property tax rate flat by cutting into public library funds,
raising the price
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 5:00AM UMDT on December 7, 2009
 DECATUR - Ron Ingram, a familiar name to generations of Herald
& Review readers, died early Sunday morning from complications
of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by an accident in his home.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 9:00PM UMDT on December 6, 2009
Dear Abby: I'm writing about the letter you printed from "Right
or Wrong in Wisconsin" (Nov. 9). My co-workers and I had a field
day with the issue of the father shaving while his 12-year-ol
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 6:00PM UMDT on December 6, 2009
Hyper young Santa waiters, spinning dreidels and the special
sounds of Kwanzaa await parents looking to freshen the holidays
with new books for their kids this year.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 1:00PM UMDT on December 6, 2009
Hyper young Santa waiters, spinning dreidels and the special
sounds of Kwanzaa await parents looking to freshen the holidays
with new books for their kids this year.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 12:30PM UMDT on December 6, 2009
DECATUR - Ron Ingram, a familiar name to thousands of Herald
& Review readers, did early Sunday morning from complications
of carbon monoxide poisoning. Ingram, 62, had been a reporter at
the
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
SPRINGFIELD - With former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's ouster last
year, current Gov. Pat Quinn went from a lieutenant governor with a
handful of low-profile duties to leader of the fifth most populous
stat
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
CLINTON - The Mahomet Valley Water Authority has hired a Chicago
law firm to oppose Peoria Disposal Co.'s efforts to win federal
permission to store chemical waste at the Clinton Landfill.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
DECATUR - Marking World AIDS Day, the one day a year set aside
to recognize the global HIV/AIDS crisis, a few area residents with
close personal connections to the disease recently sought to
encourage
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
 DECATUR - Bell ringer William Cole took it in stride when 10
teenagers jumped out of a van and ran toward his kettle.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
 SPRINGFIELD - Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of former
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest on federal corruption charges.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
 DECATUR - Trisha Burries has been unemployed the past year and
also had cervical cancer.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
DECATUR - The overall housing market in the Decatur area
resembles the way Winston Churchill once described the democratic
political system: the worst available, except for all the
others.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 9:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
Most trees have now shed their leaves except for some of the
oaks and pears, which still give us some good fall color. Lawns are
still green, but don't expect that to last much longer, as colder
tempe
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 7:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An unlikely international superstar is
emerging in full bloom, offering a newly affordable home luxury in
an era of tight money.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 6:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
 DECATUR - No matter what we tell ourselves about slowing down to
enjoy the family and fellowship of the season, the pressure of the
holidays has a tendency to creep in. Whether it's the slim chance
of
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 1:00PM UMDT on December 5, 2009
DECATUR - No matter what we tell ourselves about slowing down to
enjoy the family and fellowship of the season, the pressure of the
holidays has a tendency to creep in. Whether it's the slim chance
of
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 2:00AM UMDT on December 5, 2009
DECATUR - Eric D. Mayhew, 26, was sentenced Thursday to eight
years in prison on his guilty plea to raping a 16-year-old girl and
six years on his guilty plea to possession of 1.3 grams of cocaine
wit
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 2:00AM UMDT on December 5, 2009
DECATUR - A 33-year-old Michigan man, who may be in this country
illegally, was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday after
entering a guilty plea to possessing 553.8 grams of cocaine with
intent t
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
 MOUNT ZION - When Vickie Marshall first thought of the idea of
the Probability Fair, she went to McGaughey School's then-Principal
Nancy Cooper.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - Perhaps only longtime court clerk Sue Hale could get
away with sitting in Associate Macon County Circuit Court Judge
Thomas Little's seat in the courtroom.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - The U.S. Department of Energy announced plans Friday
to help Archer Daniels Midland Co. develop and construct a nearly
$36 million facility in Decatur that will convert biomass into
renewabl
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
 DECATUR - Jamie Lugari was pushing her shopping cart down the
aisles of Menards, filling it with decorative items. She got a
couple of ice tree sculptures to put in her front yard and a small
lighted
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - City Manager Ryan McCrady announced Friday he will
present the Decatur City Council with a plan to fund employee
pensions and other obligations without raising the city's property
tax rate.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - Donna Johnson of Mount Zion was channel surfing on
television, looking to find information about the weather when she
heard a voice that made her stop.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - Former Decatur School District teacher and coach Scott
M. Brown has led an exemplary life, a federal judge said Friday,
but that did not dissuade him from sentencing Brown to four years
in p
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - Brent A. Vest, 31, of Decatur pleaded guilty Friday to
one count of first-degree murder in the Nov. 18, 2008, bludgeoning
and stabbing death of his 29-year-old wife, Christina M. Vest.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 9:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
This time of year, we are assailed by images of the holidays.
Reindeer adorn the bakery. Christmas lights drip over the gas
station cash register. Our bills come stamped with a jolly Santa:
"Plea
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 7:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
There was not a dry eye in the sanctuary after Tara Read shared
her revelation on the last night of the Great Banquet at Lampstand
Presbyterian Church.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 7:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - The last of this year's Great Banquets concluded two
weeks ago.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 6:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
 DECATUR - A dizzying array of Christmas decorations are
available in stores this year, with items to match all budgets.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 5:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
Great Banquets assist attendees' spiritual journeys
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 3:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - The last of this year's Great Banquets concluded two
weeks ago.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 2:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
CLINTON - The Mahomet Valley Water Authority has hired a Chicago
law firm to oppose Peoria Disposal Co.'s efforts to win federal
permission to store chemical waste at Clinton Landfill.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 1:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
Jamie Lugari was pushing her shopping cart along the aisles of
Menards and filling it with items. She got a couple of ice tree
sculptures to put in her front yard and small lighted tree to sit
out on
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 1:00PM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - A dizzying array of Christmas decorations are
available in stores this year, with items to match all budgets.
Posted by: Bridget SMo at 11:00AM UMDT on December 4, 2009
DECATUR - City Manager Ryan McCrady announced Friday he will
present the city council with a plan to fund employee pensions and
other obligations without raising the city's property tax rate.
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