Category Archives: Decatur Radio
High School Winter Sports Temporarily Put On Hold In Illinois
High school winter sports are temporarily on hold in Illinois. The Illinois High School Association made the move after Governor Pritzker announced yesterday that all youth indoor sports should be del...
Nov 18, 2020 osseous / CC
COVID-19 Tier 3 Mitigations Go In To Effect Friday
All of Illinois is moving to Tier 3 COVID-19 mitigations on Friday as per Governor JB Pritzker. Moving to Tier 3 affects the following types of businesses in the State: Retail Personal Care Services H...
Nov 18, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Pritzker Administration Facing Budget Woes After Graduated Tax Failure
The Pritzker administration is facing budget woes after the failure of the graduated tax proposal. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shows an estimated deficit of nearly four-billion doll...
Nov 18, 2020 Jim Bowen / CC
November is National Family Caregivers Month
It's National Family Caregivers Month and the Illinois Department on Aging is reminding residents that several resources are available for those caring for a loved one. Delivered meals, transportation...
Nov 18, 2020
Judge Rules For Pritzker In Executive Order Lawsuits
A judge is saying Governor J.B. Pritzker was within his authority to issue executive orders related to COVID-19. Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grishow upheld the latest ruling yesterday on recent laws...
Nov 18, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
IDOC Staffer Dies From COVID-19
Officials are confirming that a staff member for the Illinois Department of Corrections has died from COVID-19. The staffer is the only IDOC employee to die from the virus so far. The employee worked ...
Nov 18, 2020 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Council Approves Mask Mandate, Health Dept. Asks Schools, Churches to go Virtual in to January
Monday night the Decatur City Council voted to approve a mask mandate ordinance for the community in the wake of the recent COVID-19 surge. The 5-2 vote approved an ordinance that requires the public ...
Nov 17, 2020 Graphic provided by City of Decatur
Decatur Police Seeking Suspect Vehicle in Saturday Liquor Store Shooting
Macon County Coroner Michael Day is releasing the name of a man who was killed at a liquor store in Decatur. Day says 63-year-old John Betscher died Saturday evening from several gunshot wounds. Offic...
Nov 17, 2020
Governor's Budget Office Predicts Fiscal Mess Without Tax Increase
The latest budget snapshot is bad news for Illinois. Governor Pritzker's budget office on Friday said it expects the state's deficit to rise by a billion-dollars and the state's unpaid bills to jump b...
Nov 17, 2020 Damian Gadal / CC
Illinois Sergeant Among Dead in Military Helicopter Crash in Egypt
An Illinois Sergeant is among the five Americans killed in the crash of a military helicopter in Egypt. The Black Hawk went down Thursday in the area of Sharm el-Sheikh because of technical issues. Se...
Nov 17, 2020 The U.S. Army / CC
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