Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder says he is not considering reinstituting a mask mandate in the city yet. His response to new CDC masking recommendations came at a Committee of the Whole meeting yeste...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is adopting masking recommendations made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC just released new guidelines recommending that everyone wea...

The National Weather Service will enact a new severe thunderstorm warning criteria. The change is expected to go into effect next week and will add two new damage threat categories along with a severe...

Bloomington-based State Farm Insurance is issuing a warning about thefts of catalytic converters from autos. The company said nationally thefts of the car part have tripled in the last year. A company...

The state of Illinois has announced the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved the state's request for assistance to help people and businesses in McLean County recover from the torrential ra...

The state of Illinois is out with new recommendations for masks in classrooms across the state. The state's Department of Public Health is recommending a 'layered' approach to masks this fall. That es...

The Illinois Unemployment Trust Fund is facing a nearly five-billion-dollar deficit. The fund had a surplus of just over two- billion dollars before the pandemic hit. The resources then swung seven-bi...

At approximately 5:00 PM on 07/26/21, Decatur Police officers were dispatched to the south al- ley of the 800 block of W. Wood reference a shooting. Responding officers located a 17-year- old male Dec...

The Decatur Area Arts Council's August exhibit features the work of St. Louis-area fiber artists Lisa Hinrichs and Suzy Farren in the Anne Lloyd Gallery at the Madden Arts Center, 125 N. Water St. in ...

COVID-19 is up in Illinois just as Lollapalooza is set to begin. The four-day music festival starts Thursday, with 100-thousand people expected every day. The Illinois Department of Health says new ca...