Category Archives: Decatur Radio

The City of Decatur will be finalizing this year's Lake Decatur boat and pier fees at the April 18 City Council meeting. Until then, boaters are allowed to use the lake free of charge. Boat and pier b...

Illinois' unemployment rate continues to drop. The state's Department of Employment Security says the jobless rate fell point-one-percent to four-point-seven-percent last month. The number of payroll ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is issuing a warning that COVID-19 cases are slowly rising in many areas of the state. Health officials say the public should pay close attention to conditions...

Harvest Numbers For Youth Turkey Season Announced The Illinois Department Of Natural Resources is revealing preliminary totals for the 2022 youth turkey season. Youth turkey hunters harvested 12-hundr...

Governor Pritzker says the state budget includes record investments in the children of Illinois. The spending plan, which goes into effect in July, includes 600 million dollars in college MAP grants a...

The president of Lincoln College is hoping someone comes forward to save the school. President David Gerlach tells the Chicago Tribune that 50-million-dollars is needed to secure the future of the pre...

A search continues to replace Dr. Ngozi Ezike as the head of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Governor Pritzker says they are searching all across the state, as well as the nation, to find a ...

A bill that will recognize emergency dispatchers as first responders is going to the Governor's desk in Illinois. The Senate bill was passed unanimously last Friday. The bill is partly to attempt to r...

A teen is being charged as an adult in the deadly stabbing of another teenager outside Lanphier High School in Springfield. A grand jury indicted 16-year-old Kamyjah Bias this week. She faces numerous...

Illinois lawmakers are set to send the governor a measure requiring homemade guns for personal use to be engraved with a serial number registered through a federally licensed firearms dealer. The meas...