Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Final City-Wide Cleanup Date Set For Saturday
The City of Decatur in partnership with Waste Management will host its last 2021 city-wide cleanup on Saturday, October 9th from 8 am to 12 noon in the Decatur Civic Center parking lot, #1 Gary K. And...
Gina Volk Oct 04, 2021 Graphic provided by City of Decatur

Illinois Senator: Concessions Will Be Made To Pass Legislation
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin says he supports the three-point-five-trillion-dollar reconciliation package but knows changes will have to be made to get it across the finish line. Speaking on CNN's Sta...
Gina Volk Oct 04, 2021 LouisvilleUSACE / CC

Illinois COVID-19 Deaths Push Over 25K
COVID-19 deaths in Illinois are now past 25-thousand. The Illinois Department of Health reported nearly 27-hundred COVID-19-related deaths in the state over the weekend. There are over one-point-six-m...
Gina Volk Oct 04, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC

October is Manufacturing Month
The Illinois Manufacturers' Association is celebrating the month of October as Manufacturing Month. The trade group says the designation allows the state to reflect and celebrate the industry's contri...
Gina Volk Oct 04, 2021

Application Deadline For State Back To Business Grants Is Getting Near
The deadline is approaching for small businesses to apply for state recovery grants. Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Acting Director Sylvia Garcia says the deadline to apply f...
Gina Volk Oct 04, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC

Scott Busboom recognized by the DPS Athletic Hall of Fame
The Decatur Public School Athletic Hall of Fame is recognizing our very own Scott Busboom during halftime at tonight's MacArthur vs Eisenhower varsity football game. The Hall of Fame has recognized Sc...
Oct 01, 2021

Decatur Police Indict Suspect in 2019 Murder
At approx. 11:30 PM on 05/30/19, Suave L. Turner, 18, of Decatur was shot while at the MLK Last Stop located at 1527 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Turner was transported to St. Mary's Hospital by pri...
Gina Volk Oct 01, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Horace Livingston Nominated for Decatur Hall of Fame
History of the Heartland and the African-American Cultural & Genealogical Society Museum of Illinois have nominated the late Horace Livingston, Jr. for addition to the Decatur Hall of Fame in the ...
Gina Volk Oct 01, 2021

Illinois Lawmakers Modeling New Bills After Texas Abortion Law
Illinois Democratic lawmakers are modeling several new bills after a controversial Texas abortion law. Texas's law effectively bans all abortions after six weeks and lets citizens sue those who aid or...
Gina Volk Oct 01, 2021 Justin Brockie / CC

Traditional Unemployment Increases
Illinois is starting to see the impacts of the expiration of the temporary pandemic unemployment assistance program with nearly 129,000 fewer beneficiaries last week than the total for the week before...
Gina Volk Oct 01, 2021 Bytemarks / CC






