Category Archives: Decatur Radio

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is offering additional grants to small businesses and commercial corridors to help rebuild and revitalize communities. The grants are worth...

Forty-five-million dollars is being made available by the Illinois government for community groups. The Restore, Reinvest, and Renew program sends one-quarter of state revenue from cannabis sales to g...

COVID-19 cases are down in Illinois. Health officials reported more than 19-thousand new cases Monday, the lowest number since January 2nd. The state is now averaging nearly 32-thousand new cases per ...

Is your not-for-profit organization, school, church, or arts group planning in arts-focused project or program in the next 12 months? The Decatur Area Arts Council's community arts grants program offe...

The Illinois Department of Labor filed emergency rules Friday requiring COVID-19 vaccine or testing mandates on employers with more than 100 employees. The rule requires employers to test unvaccinated...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued another consecutive COVID-19 emergency proclamation, marking the 22nd month that has brought dozens of executive orders ranging from the stay-at-home order in 2020, to closin...

Illinois finished 2021 with the most firearms background checks of all states. The Federal Bureau of Investigations shows nearly 8.5 million firearm background checks, more than double Kentucky's 3.8 ...

Because of mask-optional policies, eleven public and non-public schools are on probation, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. Seven districts have been recommended for nonrecognition s...

The Effingham County Animal Shelter and Control is full of dogs and cats. The shelter received a call over the weekend about an accident involving a rescue transport van carrying dozens of animals. Ne...

A man is charged with attempted murder after a police officer was shot over the weekend in Decatur. Authorities say the officer was attempting a traffic stop early Saturday in the 900 block of East Cl...