{"id":40226,"date":"2026-09-22T17:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=40226"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:59:33","slug":"river-in-decatur-crests-at-highest-point-in-some-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/river-in-decatur-crests-at-highest-point-in-some-time\/","title":{"rendered":"River in Decatur crests at highest point in some time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flood waters slowly began to recede Tuesday after a tumultuous week of frantic road closures, school delays, and athletic cancellations in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/River-at-night.jpg?resize=640%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/River-at-night.jpg?resize=1024%2C389&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/River-at-night.jpg?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/River-at-night.jpg?resize=768%2C291&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/River-at-night.jpg?w=1157&amp;ssl=1 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Constant rain and high water have been a problem for Decatur residents lately, but the swollen St. Marys River has provided a backdrop for a pleasing nighttime look at the downtown area. (Photo by Bob Shraluka)<br><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flood waters slowly began to recede Tuesday after a tumultuous week of frantic road closures, school delays, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":40227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,21],"class_list":["post-40226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/River-at-night.jpg?fit=1157%2C439&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40228,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40226\/revisions\/40228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}