Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has launched the Hospitality Emergency Grant Program. It is a $14 million grant program to support working capital a...

Yesterday was the first of three scheduled donation days for masks and other PPE at the Decatur Civic Center. The event was put on by the Macon County Crisis Communication Team and there will be at le...

State officials are warning consumers to be on the lookout for price gouging. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has created a website where people can go to report unnecessary spikes in prices. Ra...

Today the Illinois Public Health Association announced a statewide donation of PPE to healthcare providers. The donation consists of 30,000 gloves that will be doled out statewide. "It is my pleasure ...

Millikin University and Decatur Public Schools have both made personal protective equipment donations to local hospitals. Millikin donated the PPE from their chemistry, nursing and biology departments...

On Wednesday, Governor Pritzker pushed back the state income tax-filing deadline to meet the new federal deadline of July 15th. The delay will also cover tax payments. Illinois Republicans had been pu...

U.S. 51 from Interstate 72 to the DeWitt County line will start patching pavement next week. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced work will start March 30 and will take at minimum four ...

We will be sharing updates about the status of the COVID-19 virus everyday as information is made available to us by the Macon County Crisis Communication Team. There are still 0 confirmed cases of CO...

A Decatur man was arrested after allegedly robbing a CVS pharmacy on Friday and for robbing the Head West Sub Stop on Sunday. The suspect was arrested on preliminary charges and booked Wednesday morni...

Macon County deputy David Lewallen helped rescue a dog from a steep ravine early Tuesday. The dog named Lacey had fallen in and her owner wasn't able to get her and Lacey wasn't able to get out on her...