Category Archives: Decatur Radio

House Republican leader Jim Durkin is calling for an overhaul of the state Prisoner Review Board. He says the panel must put the needs of crime victims before that of inmates and parolees. Durkin is p...

Governor JB Pritzker will deliver his State of the State address this week. The speech will take place at the state capitol on Wednesday. The address will be delivered in-person after last year's was ...

COVID-19 cases continue to drop in Illinois. State health officials reported just over 14-thousand new coronavirus infections Friday. That number lowered the seven-day average case positivity rate to ...

Republican candidates for governor are focusing on crime in Illinois. Sen. Darren Bailey filed legislation Wednesday that would enhance penalties for convicted cop killers. Bailey and other GOP candid...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating two Chicago-based COVID-19 testing companies. The probes were launched following complaints from customers in several states about Northshore ...

Illinois is awarding nearly 56-million-dollars in state and federal resources to improve permanent supportive housing across the state. The funding will support the construction and rehabilitation of ...

Illinois is investing more than 111-million-dollars on transit providers downstate. The state is also spending more than 108-million-dollars for public ports in Illinois. The funding is the second rou...

Illinois is advancing the state's largest-ever broadband expansion. Governor Pritzker announced yesterday that 47-million-dollars will fund 22 projects in every region of the state. The funding is par...

St. Teresa High school launched its newest campaign - Build the Future. The goal of this campaign is to raise $4.25 million towards the construction of an all-weather (8 lane) track and turf field. Wh...

A Central Illinois school district is moving forward with a lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Education. The El Paso-Gridley District 11 school board voted to move forward with litigation ag...