Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Online portal will offer career resources
A new online portal is offering career resources for Illinois job seekers. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the Get Hired Illinois "one-stop shop" online, providing career training programs, virtual j...
May 15, 2020 Chris Blackwell / CC
Macon County Board rejects rejects furloughs
The Macon County Board is rejecting the idea of furloughs for all county departments. The board chairman's proposal would have required all county employees to take ten unpaid furlough days between no...
May 15, 2020
Senate Minority Leader pushes back against Restore Illinois plan
State Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady is among a number of lawmakers pushing back against Governor J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan. Brady sent a letter to Senate President Don Harmon calling f...
May 15, 2020

State lawmakers push back against Pritzker's extended stay-at-home order
Many state lawmakers are fighting Governor J.B. Pritzker's extended stay-at-home order. Republican representative John Cabello is the latest legislator asking for a temporary restraining order against...
May 15, 2020 Jernej Furman / CC
Federal judge backs Pritzker on church ruling, Decatur church to hold open service on Sunday
A federal judge is backing Governor Pritzker in a challenge by two churches to his stay-at-home order. Judge Robert Gettleman ruled yesterday against a temporary restraining order on the policy reques...
May 14, 2020

Central Illinois looking to move towards reopening
Central Illinois is moving forward with a reopening plan separate from what is in place at the state level. The multi-phase Heart of Illinois plan includes opening bars and restaurants in only a few d...
May 14, 2020 sittered / CC

Illinois General Assembly will return to Springfield for spring session
The Illinois General Assembly is returning to the state capital to continue its spring session. The state House of Representatives will meet at the BOS Convention Center, where sanitation stations wil...
May 14, 2020 Jim Bowen / CC
Pritzker warns elected officials in areas that are reopening businesses
Governor J.B. Pritzker is warning officials in areas that are reopening businesses in defiance of the Restore Illinois plan. Pritzker said yesterday that elected officials shouldn't do what is easy, b...
May 14, 2020

Illinois COVID-19 update 5/13
In Governor Pritzker's address today, he announced there have now been 84,698 positive tests and a total of 489,359 tests completed. There have been a total of 3,792 deaths.
May 13, 2020 Governor Tom Wolf / CC

Identities of two people found dead in garage on East Main Street released
The identities of two people found dead in a Decatur garage are being released. Officials say 24-year-old Brandon Tucker and 23-year-old Reagan Brown were found dead Monday night in a garage in the 16...
May 13, 2020 Dave Shaver / CC






