Category Archives: Decatur Radio

On Monday, a man who was the ringleader of a plot to smuggle meth that was laced into coloring book pages was sentenced to an additional seven years in prison. Prosecutors say he began the smuggling w...

A man wanted on a domestic battery warrant hid from police for several hours in a bean field while handcuffed. The 23-year-old was arrested in Maroa after running form a residence when police arrived....

A man died in a crash while riding his motorcycle Friday in Monticello. Blake Notardonato was seen by witnesses moving at a high rate of speed. He lost control while taking a curve and struck a tree. ...

A Georgia man was killed over the weekend in a crash on I-70 in Effingham County. Around 4 p.m. Sunday James Barnes Jr. was stopped in construction traffic when his vehicle was struck by a truck from ...

Kaleb Vaughn of Taylorville has been accused of sexual assault against a child younger than 13. Vaughn, who is 21, is charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault against a victim unde...

An Urbana man shot another man with a stun gun while at an IGA in Mahomet. Jerry Rambo was with his girlfriend and two children when a man Rambo knew entered the store. The two then bumped shoulders a...

Eisenhower was host to the first State of Decatur Public Schools breakfast. Dr. Paul Fregeau spoke of issues Decatur public schools are facing - such as a shortage of teachers and bus drivers, but he ...

The ranking was done by U.S. News and World Report. Millikin came in 10th and that was good enough to be the highest ranked college in the state. Millikin was also ranked a top 30 Midwest school in ca...

A Decatur man threatened people with knives in a robbery. Chalil Mangrum was in a car with four passengers, two of which were children in the afternoon on August 27th. He entered the car uninvited. On...

Jeffrey Phillips was taken into custody after police received a call Monday in wake of the threat being made. Sworn statements say that Phillips became agitated and began demanding the employee hand o...