Susan Wheeler Decatur’s husband lay dying in the parlor of their grand house in Washington, D.C., in late March 1820, wounded in a duel with a fellow naval officer. Her husband ordered the door shut, ...

The Macon County Coroner has released the name of the man who died in a Decatur house fire Saturday night. 79-year-old John McKinney was identified as the victim. An autopsy was done Sunday. It ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A Decatur home that caught fire earlier this year ago went up in flames again overnight. In a news release, Chief Neil Elder said firefighters responded to reports of a fire ...

DECATUR -- Four children died in a fire that engulfed a house at 1454 N. Church St. shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday. The deaths bring the toll of Decatur youngsters to die because of fire in the last ...

DECATUR, Ga. — Five members of one family were killed in a Decatur house fire early Tuesday morning. The fire killed a mother and her two young children, as well as two more family members. Five other ...