Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Illinois is launching its new emergency mortgage assistance program. The program is designed to help people who are struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments because of the pandemic. Homeowne...

The Joint Crisis Communication Team announced the death of the 26th Macon County resident with COVID-19 Tuesday afternoon. This person was a female in her 70s. The team extends their heartfelt condole...

The State of Illinois Tuesday announced revised guidelines for restaurants and bar establishments statewide to operate safely and help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Based on a recent increase in cas...

Three seats on the Decatur City Council will be open in the next election and petitions to run for one of them will be available beginning today, Tuesday, August 25th. Councilmen David Horn, Chuck Kuh...

The Illinois Department of Public Health Monday announced 1,612 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 8 additional confirmed deaths. Macon County Confirmed 17 new cases Mon...

Illinois Republican lawmakers say it's time to get back to work on ethics reform. The Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform hasn't met since March 5th, and GOP members say they haven't heard ...

A heat wave has made its way to Central Illinois. Meteorologists say a high pressure system is sitting over Kansas and Missouri and bringing in hot air from the south and west. High temperatures in Da...

Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are expressing frustration at the wait times for COVID-19 tests. Only five of the 17 university testing sites are open on the weekend, leadin...

There are ten new positive cases of COVID-19 on the University of Illinois Springfield campus. The cases were reported last week, along with two more off-campus cases. UIS Chancellor Karen Whitney say...

Two people are dead after a crash in Decatur. The crash happened late Sunday afternoon on West Main Street near South Dipper Lane. Preliminary investigation shows that 58-year-old Edward S. Clark and ...