Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Decatur Police Respond to Shooting that Led to Death Early Monday Morning
(Decatur, IL) - Just before 3:30 a.m. on Monday morning, Decatur Police were dispatched to the 700 block of Cassell Court on a report of shots fired and a victim down. Once officers arrived on scene t...
Sep 03, 2018 Tony Webster / CC

U Of I To Honor President Obama
(Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois is honoring President Obama for ethics in government. The university Thursday announced plans to award the former president the Paul H. Douglas Award for Eth...
Aug 31, 2018 Maryland GovPics / CC

DNA Closes Champaign-Area Cold Case
(Champaign, IL) -- Investigators in Champaign say DNA on a cigarette butt helped close a nine-year-old murder case. Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh Thursday said they've made an arrest in the 2009 ...
Aug 31, 2018 University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability / CC

Bloomington Voters To Decide Election Commission's Fate
(Bloomington, IL) -- Voters in Bloomington will get to decide if they need their own election office. A judge Thursday said a ballot question that would end the Bloomington Election Commission can sta...
Aug 31, 2018 League of Women Voters of California LWVC / CC

Millikin University excels in 2018 National Survey of Student Engagement
(Decatur, IL) -- Recent results from the 2018 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) indicate that the overall experience for Millikin University first-year students and those preparing to gradu...
Aug 31, 2018
Sports News 8/31/18
>>Walker, Colts Drop Bengals In Preseason Finale (Indianapolis, IN) -- Third-string quarterback Phillip Walker guided the comeback as the Colts stunned the Bengals 27-26 in the preseason finale ...
Aug 31, 2018

J.B. Pritzker To Headline Quad Cities' Labor Day Picnic
(Hampton, IL) -- The Democrat running for Illinois governor is closing out his summer of campaigning with a stop at one of the largest Labor Day events in the state. Organizers of the Salute to Labor ...
Aug 30, 2018

Illinois Confirms First West Nile Death
(Springfield, IL) -- A man in his sixties from LaSalle County is the first person to die from the West Nile virus in Illinois this year. The state's Department of Public Health confirmed the man's dea...
Aug 30, 2018 Katja Schulz / CC

U Of I Football Announces 15 Million Dollar Gift
(Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois says a new gift will help them return to glory on the football field. The school Wednesday announced a 20 million dollar gift from H.D. Smith Foundation, 15-...
Aug 30, 2018 Todd Huffman / CC

Student Arrested After Threat At Taylorville High School
(Taylorville, IL) -- Students will be back in class, as usual, in Taylorville after a threat at the school on Wednesday. Taylorville Police say they got a call about a handwritten threat at the school...
Aug 30, 2018 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC






