Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Man who attempted to rob his roommate found after police follow footprints in the snow
A Decatur man returned home and was met by his roommate attempting to rob him. The man returned to his residence before noon last week on North Edward Street. His 20-year-old roommate pulled a handgun...
Feb 10, 2020 Achan Sumire / CC
Four teenagers invade a home in Decatur, hold residents at gunpoint
Four teens from Decatur are suspected to have invaded a home in Decatur and then robbed the residents at gunpoint. On Wednesday night, four masked teens entered the house on East Garfield. The four en...
Feb 07, 2020

ISP being sued for violating second amendment rights
The Illinois State Police are being sued for violating two men's second amendment rights. A federal lawsuit alleges the ISP did not act quickly enough on two men's applications for FOID cards and conc...
Feb 07, 2020 Lito Dela Casa / CC

Decatur Fire Department resuscitate two dogs after house fire
Firefighters rescued several animals from a Decatur house fire on Wednesday. The blaze broke out in the morning at a house near East William Street and North Country Club Road. While crews were search...
Feb 07, 2020 Marc Gallant / CC

Man accused of Cody Drew killing pleads not guilty to charge of attempted murder from another case
The man accused of stabbing Cody Drew to death has also plead not guilty to charges of attempted murder and armed violence for a stabbing that happened less than a day before he allegedly killed Drew....
Feb 06, 2020 Brian Turner / CC

Champaign-Urbana area child possibly contracted coronavirus
A child in the Champaign-Urbana area may have contracted coronavirus. While the case is so far unconfirmed, the child is in the care of McKinley Heath Center at the University of Illinois. Two cases o...
Feb 06, 2020 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Man stabbed in argument over crack cocaine
A man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing another man after the two got into a dispute over crack cocaine. His victim, a 25-year-old man, wandered into a business on North Wa...
Feb 06, 2020

Decatur house hit with 10 bullets
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a home on West Forest Avenue was riddled with bullets. The house, which was inhabited with people at the time, was hit 10 times by at least two separate guns. No...
Feb 05, 2020 Clinton & Charles Robertson / CC

Man who threatened, sexually assaulted ex-girlfriend gets 20 years
The man who sexually assaulted an ex-girlfriend has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Blake Lunardi went to an ex-girlfriend's house where he became angry and attacked the woman. He forced her int...
Feb 05, 2020 Karen Neoh / CC
Decatur man sexually assaults child in motel
A Decatur man has been accused of sexually assaulting a child and then threatening the child's life. On Saturday, Clarence Ballard, who knew the family of his victim, was with the child in his car. He...
Feb 05, 2020






