Category Archives: Decatur Radio

ISU Grad Student Still Missing
An Illinois State University graduate student is still missing after disappearing last Monday. Jelani Day was last heard from August 24th. His mother says his disappearance is very unusual, and that J...
Gina Volk Sep 02, 2021 David Wilson / CC

Judge Denies Bid To Move Rams Trial Out Of St. Louis
A St. Louis judge is rejecting a bid by the Los Angeles Rams and the NFL to move next year's trial over the team's 2016 move out of St. Louis. In denying the league's motion for a change of venue yest...
Gina Volk Sep 01, 2021 Paul Sableman / CC

Ameren Illinois Workers Heading To Louisiana To Help With Hurricane Damage
Ameren Illinois officials say workers are heading to Louisiana. The workers will be helping energy crews repair damage and restore power after Hurricane Ida. More than a million people are without pow...
Gina Volk Sep 01, 2021

Pritzker Hoping State Will Be Able To Reduce Mitigations
Governor J.B. Pritzker says he's "very hopeful" that mitigations in the state will be able to be reduced soon. Pritzker spoke in Decatur yesterday saying virus-related hospitalizations are starting to...
Gina Volk Sep 01, 2021

Arts Council Cancels Participation in September's First Friday Gallery Walk
Due to COVID-19 infection rates continuing to increase and with the reinstatement of a mask mandate for indoors spaces, the Decatur Area Arts Council has announced it will NOT participate in the First...
Gina Volk Sep 01, 2021

Hurricane Ida Likely To Drive Up Gas Prices In Illinois
Hurricane Ida's effects on oil production in the Gulf of Mexico will likely drive up gas prices in Illinois. Triple-A says how much prices go up and when will depend on how fast refineries can get pow...
Gina Volk Sep 01, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC

Minority Advocacy Groups Calling Redistricting Process A Sham
Minority advocacy groups across Illinois are calling the state's redistricting process a sham. Change Illinois Executive Director Madeleine Doubek says updated maps released yesterday are worse than t...
Gina Volk Sep 01, 2021 Jim Bowen / CC

13th Annual Cruise 11 to be held September 12th
On Sunday, September 12, Coziahr Harley Davidson will host the 13th annual "Cruise 11 to Remember 9-11" event. The event recognizes the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy. Cruise 11 was created in m...
Gina Volk Aug 31, 2021

Labor Day Pops Concert Set for Monday
The Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra (MDSO) returns to the Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater for its Labor Day Pops Concert on Monday, Sept. 6th. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. with doors opening at 5...
Gina Volk Aug 31, 2021

Special Session Begins Today in Springfield
Illinois state lawmakers are headed back to the capital for a special session, but it's not to deal with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's indoor mask mandate, which started Monday. Lawmakers are expected to take ...
Gina Volk Aug 31, 2021 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC






