Category Archives: Decatur Radio

A new bill has been proposed to define Downstate Illinois. The purpose of the bill is primarily for legislative and regulatory processes. Under the bill, Downstate Illinois would be defined as any cou...

A new bill is proposing changed to the Firearms Owners Identification Card Act and the Illinois Insurance Code. An amendment was introduced to the measures that would require gun owners to have at lea...

A Decatur man has been accused of attacking a man during a home invasion. On Monday, Karthell Owens opened a sliding door and then approached the victim from behind and began choking the man. Owens th...

Champaign police are searching for a suspect that broke into three separate businesses on February 11th. In the span of 30 minutes, the suspect was able to break into a hair salon, a vacuum store and ...

Last night, Millikin was host for a debate between primary candidates. Candidates for Macon County Circuit Clerk and Macon County State's Attorney debated from 5:30-7 p.m. at the University Commons. P...

A new bill would add a 10 cent charge for carryout bags in Illinois. If the Carryout Bag Fee Act were to become law, any bag provided by a retail establishment at a point of departure, i.e. a checkout...

A Valentine's Day argument led to a man needing stitches on his face. A man went to the residence of his ex-girlfriend on North Church Street where the boyfriend of the man's ex-girlfriend's mother to...

A man died over the weekend after crashing into the median of the underpass on Jasper Street. On Saturday morning, Monrell Davis was pronounced dead at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Davis, who was the on...

State Police are working to fix loopholes in the Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Card system. The efforts are coming nearly a year after a gunman killed five people in an Aurora factory shootin...

The NTSB is releasing more details regarding the plane crash that killed three people, including the former mayor of Springfield. On Wednesday, a report that was released showed that the pilot of the ...