Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Macon County has a new law enforcement leader. Jim Root was sworn in as sheriff yesterday after a nearly three-year-long recount process. A circuit court judge ruled in May that Root had won the 2018 ...

The field of candidates for Illinois secretary of state is now at four after one of them dropped out. State Senator Michael Hastings of Tinley Park announced today that he was suspending his campaign....

There's a general sense at the Illinois Capitol that there will be a sweeping deal on energy, but not right now. Senate President Don Harmon said last week that he believes there will be an agreement ...

Illinois' top health official believes that the new lottery promotion will convince more people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Public Health Director Doctor Ngozi Ezike says reasons for not getting the ...

Illinois lawmakers are proposing giving undocumented immigrants the right to vote in local school board elections. WSIL-TV reports the current bill language would require the people to prove they are ...

Beginning July 1, Illinois will start using automatic electronic checks to detect drivers without auto insurance. Twice a year, Illinois motorists will be subject to random checks. Currently, an estim...

Two police officers who were shot on duty are just a few appreciated by a crowd of five-thousand as part of Mahomet's second annual Honor Parade. It was led by a memorial car holding the family of Cha...

A new Illinois law is set to expand voters' access to the ballot box. Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill yesterday that will expand access to curbside voting and establish a central polling location...

On June 18, 2021 at approximately 10:45PM, a Decatur Police Officer was parked, stationary in a church parking lot, in the 300 block of East Leafland Avenue completing paperwork. While seated inside o...

After a fight at Splash Cove, the Decatur Park District has revised it's policies for patrons of the waterpark in Decatur. The text from the announcement made on Facebook is as follows: "The Decatur P...