Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Illinois Distributes $111M In Grants To Small Businesses
Illinois officials are touting their financial support for small businesses recovering from the pandemic. Governor Pritzker and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced that more ...
Gina Volk Jan 24, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC

Illinois Tax Filing Season Begins
Illinois' tax filing season begins today, January 24th. The state's Department of Revenue will begin accepting 2021 state individual income tax returns on the same date that the IRS begins accepting f...
Gina Volk Jan 24, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC

University of Illinois Raising Tuition
The University of Illinois is raising tuition for in-state freshmen. Starting next fall, tuition will increase one-point-eight percent for incoming in-state freshmen in Urbana-Champaign and Chicago, a...
Gina Volk Jan 24, 2022 Vince Smith / CC

Recent Millikin University Graduate Named Semifinalist in NextGen National Vocal Competition
Audrianna Bartholomew, of Pasadena, Calif., who recently earned a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre from Millikin University in Dec. 2021, has been named a semifinalist in the 5th Annual NextGen Nat...
Gina Volk Jan 21, 2022

Flags To Fly At Half Staff To Honor Fallen DCFS Worker
Illinois is honoring a fallen DCFS employee. All U.S. and Illinois flags began flying at half-staff Thursday at state facilities in memory of Deidre Silas. Silas was stabbed to death earlier this mont...
Gina Volk Jan 21, 2022 US Army Africa / CC

Illinois Lawmakers Continue to Cancel Meetings
Despite committee hearings being virtual, Illinois state lawmakers continue to cancel scheduled meetings. The Illinois Senate canceled its hearing Wednesday and the committee hearings that were schedu...
Gina Volk Jan 21, 2022 Jim Bowen / CC

Three More Illinois Men Charged In U.S. Capitol Breach
Three more Illinois men are charged in the U.S. Capitol breach last year. Brothers Anthony Carollo and Jeremiah Carollo and their cousin, Cody Vollan each face multiple charges, including disorderly c...
Gina Volk Jan 21, 2022 ttarasiuk / CC

Pritzker Cautiously Optimistic About Illinois's Drop In COVID Cases
Governor Pritzker is cautiously optimistic about a decline in COVID-19 cases in Illinois. The governor says despite the decrease, there are still a lot of people battling for their lives in hospitals ...
Gina Volk Jan 21, 2022

COVID Therapies On the Way
Illinois pharmacies, long-term care facilities and other health care centers are receiving tens of thousands of doses of COVID-19 therapies. The Illinois Department of Public Health says 3,160 doses o...
Gina Volk Jan 20, 2022 Governor Tom Wolf / CC

Rosenthal Runs to Replace Bourne
With Republican state Rep. Avery Bourne eying the Republican lieutenant governor nomination, her statehouse seat will be open and the man she replaced years ago is lining up to get back in. Former sta...
Gina Volk Jan 20, 2022 DonkeyHotey / CC






