Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Alishia Graves of Decatur, a hostess in the food and nutrition department at Decatur Memorial Hospital, is the nonprofit hospital's Colleague of the Month for November. Graves has worked at Decatur Me...

Illinois is among 40 states that received a failing grade on child and youth sex trafficking, according to the 2021 Report Card on Child and Youth Sex Trafficking from Shared Hope International. The o...

The mother of deceased Illinois State student Jelani Day is warning people about two phony GoFundMe fundraisers using her son's name and images. Carmen Bolden-Day shared photos of the unauthorized fun...

Illinois House Majority Leader Greg Harris won't seek re-election next year following eight terms in office. The Democrat was first elected to the House in 2006, representing a district on Chicago's N...

Prairie Telecom will be performing utility potholing work for water main replacement in the 200 block of East Mound Road, just east of North Water Street, beginning Tuesday, November 30, 2021. This wo...

Congressman Rodney Davis won't be running for governor in Illinois next year. Instead, the Taylorville Republican has announced he will seek re-election to Congress for a sixth consecutive term in the...

Illinois health officials are closely monitoring the new COVID-19 Omicron variant. No cases of Omicron have been identified in Illinois. The state's health department continues to recommend that peopl...

It's not fake news, but social media ads funded by Gov. J.B. Pritzker could still fool some users into thinking it is news. Illinois gubernatorial candidates are expected to use traditional media like...

An analysis shows that before the infusion of federal COVID dollars, Illinois was one of eight states where spending exceeded long-term revenue. Pew Charitable Trusts looked into financial reports and...

Climatological Fall is wrapping up this month, with some temperatures for the record books says State Climatologist Trent Ford. Ford also says fall precipitation has been all over the place, with just...