Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Staley Pump House to be demolished after 100 years
Tate & Lyle have decided to demolish the Staley Pump House. It was erected back in 1919 as the Staley Pump House Fellowship Club. The upper level was an event ballroom that was a staple in Decatur...
Aug 28, 2019 Robert Couse-Baker / CC

Cardinals cruise past Brewers 6-3, win sixth straight
Yadier Molina's two home runs lifted the Cardinals over the Brewers 6-3 in Milwaukee. Kolten Wong also drove in two runs. St. Louis won their sixth straight game. Miles Mikolas struck out 10 and allow...
Aug 28, 2019 theaudi0slave / CC

Pritzker signs bill that allows ISBE authority to immediately suspend a teaching license
Governor Pritzker has signed a new law that will allow the Illinois State Board of Education statutory authority to immediately suspend an educator's teaching license. The offenses that could lead to ...
Aug 27, 2019 umezy12 / CC

20-year-old who claims to have accidentally shot a 12-year-old receives over a decade in prison
A 20-year-old who claims to have accidentally shot a 12-year-old child has been sentenced to over a decade in prison. In November 2018 Avonte Flesch shot Marqueius Gray in the chest. Gray was taken to...
Aug 27, 2019 Karen Neoh / CC

Felon on parole runs from police, drops firearm
Officers recognized Kioshe McGowan in the street on Leafland Avenue and stopped him, knowing he was on parole, late Monday evening. When asked to stop, McGowan ignore police and ran. Police noticed Mc...
Aug 27, 2019

Man arrested for stealing AR-15 from Macon household
A man has been arrested after stealing an AR-15 from a safe in a Macon household. According to police, Brylan Jones broke into a house on Eckhardt Street and stole the AR-15, high capacity magazines a...
Aug 26, 2019 Robert Freiberger / CC

Inmate who stabbed deputy has died
The inmate who stabbed a Vermillion County Sheriff's Deputy in the face over the weekend has died. Daryl Perkins was being moved from one holding cell to another early Friday. After the cell door open...
Aug 26, 2019 Geoff Stearns / CC

Decatur man arrested after calling Bob Evans restaurant and threatening to shoot an employee
A Decatur man who called Bob Evans restaurant three times and threatened to show up with a gun and shoot a certain employee is behind bars. On the morning of August 23rd, Billy Mullin called the resta...
Aug 26, 2019 Dave Walker / CC

Man breaks into house and threatens tenant with a knife
On Monday, police responded to a break-in in which a man forced entry to a neighbor's house and began threatening the tenant's life with a knife in his hand. Marcus Curry then chased the victim with t...
Aug 22, 2019 Your Best Digs / CC

Pritzker signs law raising Illinois teacher minimum salary to $40,000 by 2024
Today Governor Pritzker signed a bill into law that will raise Illinois teacher salary to a minimum of $40,000 over the next few years. For the 2021 year, minimum teacher salary in Illinois will be $3...
Aug 22, 2019 US Department of Education / CC






