Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Illinois High Speed Rail Moves into Study and Planning Phase
Illinois is creating a new commission to create a high speed rail line connecting Chicago and St. Louis. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill to create the new high speed rail commission,...
Gina Volk Aug 11, 2021 Bruce Fingerhood / CC

State Fair Offering Refunds
Some may not want to go out of concerns of increased COVID rates, or because they'll be required to wear a mask or show proof of vaccination. But, those wanting refunds for grandstand concert tickets ...
Gina Volk Aug 11, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC

Pritzker Sued Again Over Masks
An attorney who has sued the governor over COVID-19 mitigations has filed another lawsuit, this time challenging the governor's mask mandate for K-12 schools. Attorney Thomas DeVore filed suit on beha...
Gina Volk Aug 11, 2021

Nearly Half Illinois Executive Agencies Still Remote, Hybrid
Officials say about 40-percent of state workers are still working remotely or in a hybrid situation. A memo within the Governor J.B. Pritzker administration says four out of ten state workers in execu...
Gina Volk Aug 11, 2021 Justin Brockie / CC

Decatur Memorial Hospital to Distribute Colon Cancer Test Kits
Free colorectal cancer take-home screening kits will be available at a drive-thru from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at the Cancer Care Center at Decatur Memorial Hospital, 210 W. McKinley St. A short...
Gina Volk Aug 10, 2021

MCHD COVID-19 Transmission Update
The Macon County Health Department has shared a COVID-19 Transmission Update with the community. As positive COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Macon County, MCHD will continue to follow the recom...
Gina Volk Aug 10, 2021 sergio santos / CC

No Injuries In Clinton Fire
No one is injured after a fire in Clinton. The blaze broke out yesterday morning at Arcosa Wind Towers in an inner building that housed compressors and electrical equipment. Arcosa sent some workers h...
Gina Volk Aug 10, 2021 Erin Buonocore / CC

Hack Compromises FOID Card Holders
Illinois State Police are notifying about 2,000 Illinoisans with Firearm Owners Identification cards that their personal information may have been compromised in a hack of the agency's Police FOID car...
Gina Volk Aug 10, 2021

Illinois' Largest Public Employee Union Fights Vaccine Mandate
Illinois' largest public employee union, AFSCME, is fighting a universal vaccine requirement. The union on Friday wrote an open letter to Governor JB Pritzker declaring its opposition to a 'rigid, uni...
Gina Volk Aug 10, 2021 Olgierd Rudak / CC

Residents Upset Over Indoor Mask Policy At Illinois State Fair
Some residents are unhappy with a new policy requiring masks indoors at the Illinois State Fair. Fair officials announced the decision Friday, applying the policy to everyone regardless of vaccination...
Gina Volk Aug 10, 2021 Rob Thurman / CC






