Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Midstate Youth Soccer League Registration Now Open
Registration for the Decatur Park District's Midstate Youth Soccer League (MYSL) is going on now for boys and girls aged kindergarten - 8th grade with the season beginning March 22, 2021. A high schoo...
Gina Volk Feb 24, 2021 jc.winkler / CC

Call for Artists to Participate in Arts in Central Park 2021
The Decatur Area Arts Council and Gallery 510 are now accepting applications from artists to participate in Arts in Central Park 2021. This annual fine arts festival is a "juried" show. Applicants mus...
Gina Volk Feb 24, 2021

Calls for Changes to Police Reform Bill Begin
Groups are already calling for the legislature to bring about changes to a sweeping police reform and criminal justice overhaul measure the governor signed Monday. The Illinois Municipal League sugges...
Gina Volk Feb 24, 2021 Ken Hawkins / CC

IL Nuclear Plants Worked At 100 Percent During Cold Snap
Illinois nuclear power plants worked overtime during the recent cold snap. Exelon Corporation says all six of Illinois's nuclear plants, which includes the Clinton Nuclear Power Generating Station, ra...
Gina Volk Feb 24, 2021

Baby TALK Opens Child Education Center on Community Care Campus
Baby TALK welcomed a limited number of families into their new facility on the Community Care Campus recently. Baby TALK local programs, which were previously scattered in 4 separate facilities throug...
Gina Volk Feb 24, 2021

Natural Gas Prices Back Down After Spike
Natural gas prices are back down after spiking last week. The spike impacted several towns across Central Illinois. Lindsay Enloe is a partner with Utility Gas Management and said the jump over Valent...
Gina Volk Feb 24, 2021 HomeSpot HQ / CC

Illinois Planning To Expand Phase One-B Vaccination Group
Illinois is set to expand COVID-19 eligibility under Phase One-B. The change is expected to happen Thursday and will include those 16 and older with underlying health conditions. Some of the condition...
Gina Volk Feb 24, 2021 NIAID / CC

Low Turnout Sets the Field in Tuesday Decatur Primary
Mild temperatures and plentiful sunshine Tuesday did not translate in to a good turnout for Tuesday's Primary Election for those competing for 3 open seats on the Decatur City Council in the April Ele...
Gina Volk Feb 24, 2021 Graphic provided by City of Decatur

Report: Illinois Number 2 in Corruption, Chicago Number One
Illinois is the second most corrupt state and Chicago is the most corrupt city in the country, according to a new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The report shows over several decad...
Gina Volk Feb 23, 2021 Roman Boed / CC

State Fire Officials Urge Older Illinoisans To Practice Fire Safety
State fire officials are urging elderly Illinoisans to practice fire safety. Fire Marshal spokesman JC Fultz says in 2019 close to 48 percent of all fire deaths in Illinois were people over 60. The Il...
Gina Volk Feb 23, 2021 Rob Swystun / CC






