Category Archives: Decatur Radio

The Illinois Department of Employment Security says it has stopped nearly a million false unemployment claims since March. Officials say fraudsters were primarily taking advantage of the Pandemic Unem...

The public is being warned about scams associated with the COVID-19 vaccine. The Chicago area Better Business Bureau says scammers will try to get individuals to give up personal information or pay to...

Illinoisans can start filing both their state and federal taxes on February 12. State Department of Revenue spokesperson Terry Horstmann encourages everyone to file electronically. Those filing an IL-...

If you cannot get anyone at Illinois' unemployment office to call you back, you are not alone. Springfield's state senator told reporters this week that he was frozen-out by the Department of Employme...

Authorities are investigating a shooting in the village of Hammond. A 64-year-old man was found shot to death early yesterday morning at a home in the 400 block of South C Street. The death is being i...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating whether Illinois' 2019 Reproductive Health Act violates federal law. A letter notifying the Chicago-based Thomas More Society of the i...

Tuesday night, at its regularly scheduled meeting, the DPS Board of Education requested administration develop a robust plan for a return to in-person instruction to begin following Spring Break. This...

The Macon County Health Department (MCHD) is holding a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for those ages 65 and older on Friday, January 29th at the MCHD Building (1221 E. Condit St., Decatur). This clinic i...

There's some concern that Illinois' proposed education reform package will end-up failing kids. Two Illinois State Board of Education members last week questioned changes included in the Legislative B...

A record 15 billion dollars is invested in Illinois' College Savings programs. Treasurer Mike Frerichs says his office is home to 733 thousand Bright Start and Bright Directions accounts worth 15 bill...