Category Archives: Decatur Radio

>>Packers Lock Up Rodgers (Green Bay, WI) -- The Packers aren't taking any chances with star quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Green Bay has signed him to a four-year contract extension that ESPN repor...

(Chicago, IL) -- People who get a prescription for opioid pain pills in Illinois can now swap it for medical marijuana. Governor Bruce Rauner Tuesday signed a law that allows for people to use marijua...

(Normal, IL) -- School leaders in Bloomington-Normal say all of the kids involved in a school bus crash are okay. Unit five spokeswoman Dayna Brown Tuesday said she's still not sure who or what hit th...

(Springfield, IL) -- The top man in the Illinois Senate says he's willing to wait until next year, or until the next governor, to get a statewide Tobacco 21 law. Senate President John Cullerton told r...

(Decatur, IL) -- Add Decatur to the list of cities in Illinois who are reviewing their panhandling bans after a challenge from the ACLU. Interim Decatur City Manager Billy Tyus Tuesday said they got a...

>>Cardinals Name Shildt Manager (St. Louis, MO) -- The St. Louis Cardinals are removing the interim tag from manager Mike Shildt. The Cardinals have signed Shildt to a contract extension through...

(Quincy, IL) -- Federal inspectors are expected back at the veterans home in Quincy this week to check on the progress of preventing another Legionnaires outbreak. Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin's ...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois farmers are going to have a shot at a new cash crop. Governor Rauner over the weekend signed a new law to allow farmers in the state to grow industrial hemp. The governor...

(Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois is promising free tuition to some Illinois students. The school Monday announced a plan to spend four-million-dollars on free tuition for students from famil...

(Lincoln, IL) -- Afternoon temperatures will be in the 90s and will combine with dew points in the 70s, resulting in heat indices in the 99-106 range today. Therefore a Heat Advisory remains in effect...