Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Once again, the Decatur Police are partnering with AVA to collect and donate slightly used, new and clean Halloween costumes to families who have trouble affording them. This is the Decatur Police's 5...

A car was reported stolen on Saturday night. The woman who reported the car stolen said she parked it in her drive and after taking a nap discovered it was missing. Later that night, the 2016 Nissan V...

A man who sexually assaulted, beat and chased a woman was sentenced to 55 years in prison today. Nathan Parnell, who took a plea deal after terrorizing the 50-year-old woman for a whole night. She was...

Macon County Sheriff Tony Brown has voiced his opposition to recreational marijuana sales in Decatur. He believes statistics such as Colorado's 100% increase in traffic fatalities speak for why the so...

A man from Decatur abducted an ex-girlfriend after breaking into her apartment. Teron Perry went to the woman's apartment on Wood Street on August 30th and kicked open her locked door. Once inside, he...

A Decatur man has changed a plea of not guilty to guilty. Zachary Batson originally plead not guilty to charges of attempted murder, residential burglary and home invasion. As part of his plea agreeme...

Those who have Googled Mt. Zion High School recently have been met with disturbing imagery. One of the images was a swastika with the caption "best shooting range I've been to." While, in all likeliho...

Local parents are on edge after multiple fights at Stephen Decatur Middle School have required presence from the Decatur Police Department to stop. Over a span of just over a month, police went to Ste...

Members of the Decatur Federation of Teaching Assistants have threatened to strike. They feel as though their health care coverage is insufficient. Made up of 275 members, the DFTA have been working w...

FBI agents executed search warrants to separate locations linked to Senator Martin Sandoval. Agents were sent to Sandoval's office in Cicero and also his office at the Illinois State Capitol in Spring...