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In 2015 he received the Illinois High School Association distinguished media service award. McNamara was a member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, Macon County Sports Historian and an author of five books on local sports. He is credited with being the drive behind the establishment of the Decatur School District's Sports Hall of ...
On July 13, 1937, 17 of the paper's editorial employees walked out and went on strike, forcing suspension of the paper, Decatur's only daily newspaper at the time. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The newspaper began operating at 601 E. William St. in 1976 and continued until 2022, when headquarters. moved to 225 S. Main St. in the heart of downtown Decatur.
The Decatur Herald (Herald-Despatch Co., pub.; 1899−1980) – Decatur [6] Morning Herald-Dispatch (Herald-Despatch Co., pub.; 1890−1899) – Decatur [7] The Decatur Daily Despatch (W. F. Calhoun, pub.; 1889−189?) – Decatur [8] The Decatur Morning Herald (Hostetler & Ela, pub.; 1880−1890) – Decatur [9] The Herald-News – Joliet
The town newspaper is the Breeze-Courier. The State Journal-Register , published in Springfield, Illinois , covers Taylorville and Christian County quite extensively. The Decatur, Illinois Herald & Review covers the area as well.
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Nov. 18—Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion announced Friday evening that he found reason to believe policies were violated when one of his officers shot and killed Steve Perkins on Sept. 29. A ...
Decatur (/ d ɪ ˈ k eɪ t ər / dih-KAY-tər) is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. [4] It is the seventeenth-most populous city in ...
Illinois' first African American newspaper was the Cairo Weekly Gazette, established in 1862. [1] The first in Chicago was The Chicago Conservator , established in 1878. An estimated 190 Black newspapers had been founded in Illinois by 1975, [ 2 ] and more have continued to be established in the decades since.