Good morning, Decatur.

Shirley Stanley from Macon County Animal Shelter joined Soy City Buzz on First Mid Monday to discuss details of the upcoming Whiskers and Tails event (designed for local pet lovers); the broadcast highlights key program plans for the community.

The Early Bird Kiwanis Club of Decatur will launch its annual cheese sale on Nov.

5, offering two-pound wheels of Colby, Colby Jack, pepper jack & Swiss cheese for $17 each, with one-and-a-half-pound cheddar chunks and horseradish-cheddar spread jars available for $14 each to benefit 20 local charities.

Decatur-based nonprofit Baby TALK is celebrating 40 years with a fundraising event on Thursday, Oct.

22 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Children’s Museum of Illinois — the evening will include food, games and a guest speaker reflecting on the organization’s long-term support for local families.

Major Randy Summit of the Salvation Army joined Soy City Buzz on First Mid Monday to discuss community work and response plans to the Oasis closure.

The podcast gives listeners insight into his ongoing efforts.

Decatur Area Arts Council invites high school & college students to enter a bookmark design contest inspired by A Lesson Before Dying.

The contest offers a $100 prize and entries must be emailed as a PDF by 11:59 p.m. November 16.

Business professionals can boost their AI skills in a five-session workshop series offered by the Decatur Chamber & MillikinWORKS.

The series begins Thursday, Oct. 22 at Decatur Public Library from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and covers marketing, planning, cybersecurity & finance.

Decatur Indoor Sports Center offers School's Out Day Camps for kindergarten through eighth-grade students during school breaks.

The camps run from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 1295 West Wood Street for $50 per day with a sibling discount—families must bring a sack lunch as meals are not provided.

Decatur City Council approved a $37,500 feasibility study to guide a TIF redevelopment project aimed at revitalizing Pershing Road and 22nd Street.

The study will last six months and include public meetings for community input.

The University of Illinois Extension and Decatur Memorial Hospital will hold a free diabetes education class from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Nov.

5 at the hospital’s classroom C to share updated care tools and local support (registration is required by Nov. 3).

Brian Barnhart joined Byers + Co on Monday, Oct.

19 to share insights from the Illini basketball team’s first exhibition game, preview the upcoming football match, and discuss Monday Morning Quarterbacks on his podcast.