Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Two camels at Decatur’s Scovill Zoo are getting a new home. Representative Sue Scherer and her team helped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A Decatur zoo is inviting adults interested in volunteering to an upcoming training program. In a press ...

DECATUR — Visitors planning a trip to Scovill Zoo after its April 6 reopening might consider checking out its new green roof building, which officials say is an educational experience that also ...

DECATUR — An expert in the railroad industry, Larry Larkins wanted something to do after he retired. “I’m ex-railroad. So we talked to somebody at the zoo about running the train,” he said. After a ...

Roughly a hundred people turned out to the Mattoon Public Library for a visit from Scovill Zoo animals, which traveled from Decatur with volunteers to allow children and families to engage with a ...

DECATUR — Scovill Zoo has experienced several blessed events this year. “We have goat babies, we have lemur babies, we have a baby spider monkey, a baby penguin and a baby turaco,” said keeper ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – A new depot for the Scovill Zoo train in Decatur has opened. The new location, set up by the Decatur Park District, is near the Children’s Museum of Illinois parking lot. The ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Decatur Park District has announced it will open Scovill Zoo and the Overlook Adventure Park on Saturday, April 2. Opening day at Scovill Zoo will run from 9:30 a.m. to 6 ...

It’s full steam ahead for a $2 million train track expansion at a zoo in central Illinois thanks to the son of billionaire investor Warren Buffet. The train route at the Scovill Zoo in Decatur will ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Two camels at Decatur’s Scovill Zoo are getting a new home. Representative Sue Scherer and her team helped secure a $200,000 grant to build a new enclosure. The new home will go ...