Category Archives: Decatur Radio

A 21-year-old from Decatur, who was shot in the lip on Sunday, has given police a number of conflicting stories as to how he came to be shot in the lip. Early Sunday morning, officers were called to D...

The ADM East Plant was evacuated on Monday after a fire broke out at the solvent extraction facility in the processing complex. The facility was evacuated because of precautionary measures. The fire w...

A man suspected of dealing drugs in Decatur was found at home with his six children when officers executed a search warrant. The search yielded one gram of crack cocaine as well as a stolen 9 mm pisto...

A girl in Mattoon was critically injured after a vehicle hit her while she was walking her dog Saturday evening. Witnesses have stated that the 14-year-old was drug into the road by the large dog she ...

The brother of the man who died after being shot at the Decatur Inn was arrested on Friday. 20-year-old Avery Drake has not been charged with the shooting, but rather obstruction of justice in connect...

A man and a woman held the door to an apartment closed as a man with a gun tried to kick their door down. The group also had a second female who had left to go to her car. The man went to leave the ap...

Two teenagers from Mattoon have been arrested after stealing cash and electronics from the Mattoon Public Library. 18-year-old Kersh Anderson and a 17-year-old accomplice were arrested on Tuesday. The...

A Decatur woman, who has been accused of gravely injuring her three month old baby, has had her bond lowered significantly so that she can be examined by a psychiatrist. Laurel Szekely has plead not g...

A man pulled over in Forsyth and charged with DUI struggled with officers which resulted in two officers bloodied while arresting the suspect. The man began resisting during a field sobriety test afte...

Macon County Courthouse security were forced to step in between a woman who went after her ex-boyfriend. Monday afternoon, the 26-year-old woman attacked her ex-boyfriend, also 26, while leaving a hea...