Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Boil Order in Effect, Forsyth Residents Asked to Conserve Water
***A Boil Order Remains in Effect for the Village of Forsyth*** A statement from Village of Forsyth Trustee Dave Wendt reports that the Village is asking residents to conserve water and a Boil Order w...
Gina Volk Oct 31, 2021 Kate Ter Haar / CC

Tickets On Sale November 2nd for Millikin University's Vespers
Millikin University's most beloved holiday event Vespers returns Dec. 4-5, 2021, at Kirkland Fine Arts Center. Performances will be held on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Dec...
Gina Volk Oct 29, 2021

Pritzker Expected to Sign Changes to HCRCA
Changes are coming to a state law prohibiting discrimination of people conscientiously objecting to medical procedures in the name of enforcing COVID-19 mandates. The Health Care Right of Conscience A...
Gina Volk Oct 29, 2021

Democrats Push Through 3rd Congressional Map
Democrats at the Illinois statehouse passed new congressional maps, which will last for the next decade, two hours after the latest legislative boundaries were released late Thursday night without a p...
Gina Volk Oct 29, 2021 Jim Bowen / CC

Increased State And Local Police Presence For Halloween Weekend
State and local police plan to increase their patrols over the Halloween weekend. Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman Paul Wappel says they want to reduce the number of traffic deaths. He ...
Gina Volk Oct 29, 2021 dogulove / CC

Pritzker: All 2021 Emergency Rental Assistance Distributed
Governor JB Pritzker says all of the state's 505-million dollars in emergency rental assistance has been distributed. Officials say more than 57-thousand households have received assistance through th...
Gina Volk Oct 29, 2021 ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER / CC

RCC's Carrie Barrick Chosen for New Workforce Professionals Academy
Carrie Barrick, Coordinator of Career Program Support at Richland Community College, was recently chosen for the National Council for Workforce Education's New Workforce Professionals Academy. While p...
Gina Volk Oct 29, 2021

IL Attorney General Warns of Halloween Cannabis Edibles
Be on the lookout for possible cannabis look-alike handouts during Halloween. That's the warning from the Illinois attorney general's office. Some of the possible illicit cannabis edibles the Chicago ...
Gina Volk Oct 28, 2021 Luke Jones / CC

Demolition of the Former Walrus Manufacturing Building Begins
Tuesday, the former Walrus Manufacturing Company building, in the Levee District at the corner of Wabash & Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, suffered a structural collapse along its south wall. E...
Gina Volk Oct 28, 2021

IMA Urges Electric Vehicle Incentives
The Illinois Manufacturers' Association is urging state lawmakers to approve incentives for the electric vehicle industry in Illinois before the end of the week. IMA's Mark Denzler said the incentives...
Gina Volk Oct 28, 2021 Ivan Radic / CC






