Category Archives: Decatur Radio

October is Infant Safe Sleep Awareness Month. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services spokesperson Deborah Lopez says sleep deaths are avoidable. She added that infants should never sleep ...

The vast majority of union members for the United Auto Workers have rejected a contract offer from Deere & Co. that would have given at least 5% raises. The Moline-based tractor and equipment make...

Governor JB Pritzker has announced new interactive broadband mapping along with speed test tools that are designed to expand high speed internet access across the state. The effort creates the Illinoi...

State health officials say Illinois has recorded is first fatality from West Nile virus this year with the death of a Will County resident. Illinois has so far recorded forty cases of the virus so far...

With more than a million tests for COVID-19 administered in Illinois schools, the state is planning to ramp up more testing. The state health department is partnering with the US Health and Human Serv...

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that the intersection of Illinois 32 and Bruce-Findlay Road, south of Sullivan in Moultrie County, is now controlled by a four-way stop as of Sa...

Pumpkin growers in Illinois are running into a big problem this year. The state reportedly produces about 80 to 90-percent of the pumpkins in the U.S. Although the fields are filled with them, officia...

Legislative hearings on redistricting are getting underway. An Illinois House committee held its first legislative hearing on the topic, it lasted less than half an hour. Congressional maps must be re...

Two more Illinois unions are agreeing to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that agreements had been reached with the Illinois Nurses Association and the Illinois Federation ...

Governor J.B. Pritzker says Illinois won't mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for K through 12 school children. Pritzker made the comment in response to California Governor Gavin Newsom's move to mandate th...