Category Archives: Decatur Radio

State officials say millions of dollars are available to help Illinoisans struggling to pay past-due rent. The Illinois Housing Development Authority says it has about 500-million dollars in federal f...

Officials say Illinois is set to receive over 15-billion dollars from a bi-partisan federal infrastructure measure. The bill passed a key procedural vote last week in the Senate. The state is expectin...

Some Illinois GOP candidates for governor are pushing back against mask mandates issued by current Governor J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker announced the mandate yesterday for Preschool through 12th-grade stu...

Community leaders across the county are working together to increase the number of fully vaccinated residents to help reduce COVID cases and support a local business. One local pharmacy group, Colee's...

Governor JB Pritzker issued a vaccine requirement for state workers who work in congregant facilities Tuesday afternoon. The requirement goes in to effect October 4th. Pritzker also has announced a ma...

Pretty much the entire southern two-thirds of Illinois is labeled as a hotspot for the coronavirus. The Illinois Department of Public Health yesterday said nearly every county from Peoria to the south...

Volunteer fire departments across the state have until Aug. 13 to apply for COVID-19 relief grants. The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal said approximately 80 eligible fire districts in vario...

A new report says that replacing all of Illinois' lead pipes could create over six-thousand jobs. The report was released by Environmental Entrepreneurs and the United Association of Union Plumbers an...

As all Illinoisans know, not all thunderstorms are equal. Now the National Weather Service is adding new damage threat categories to severe thunderstorm warnings. The two damage threat categories will...

Corn and soybean crops across the state are ahead of schedule, according to the Illinois crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The report released this week shows nearly 50 per...