Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Illinois' debt picture got a lot worse in 2020. Moody's Investors Service yesterday said the total price tag for Illinois unfunded pension promises is now over 300 billion-dollars. That cost was 261 b...

Illinois experienced another increase in initial unemployment claims. The U.S. Department of Labor reports about 74,000 initial claims and 13,000 independent contractors unemployed. Both categories co...

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Two Decatur pharmacists are fired from their jobs after reports they misused COVID-19 vaccines. A Chicago Tribune report says emails from the Illinois Department of Public Health showed a pharmacist a...

Piatt County is leading the state in soybean production. Figures released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture put Piatt County as Illinois' number one producer of soybeans in 2020. Piatt C...

State Senator Doris Turner praised a plan by the Illinois Department of Public Health and Crossing Healthcare of Macon County to administer more vaccines to residents in Decatur, part of a broader pil...

Free tax preparation is available to low to moderate-income Illinoisans. State Department of Revenue spokesperson Terry Horstmann says there are several programs that can help seniors and financially ...

An Illinois House committee is advancing a bill that would extend the age students could stay in special education programs. The Human Services Committee approved a bill yesterday that would allow stu...

One of the groups that represents cities and counties in Springfield doesn't want state government getting its hands on local federal stimulus money. The Illinois Municipal League this week suggested ...

The family of a 21-year-old father of a toddler says he has died a week after a Moultrie County crash. Austen Huffman died yesterday morning at the hospital. The crash happened last week as Huffman wa...