Category Archives: Decatur Radio

One Confirmed Mumps Case At WIU
(Macomb, IL) -- Expect the mumps count at Western Illinois University to increase. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday confirmed one case of the illness. WIU and IDPH officials are warn...
May 07, 2018

Mercer County May Be Next Gun Sanctuary
(Aledo, IL) -- At least one Mercer County board member wants to make the county the latest sanctuary for gun owners. Brian Anseeuw told county leaders last week that he wants to protect local gun owne...
May 07, 2018 Hank Hession / CC

Time Runs Out For Illinois Constitutional Amendments
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois voters won't see any constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall. Illinois lawmakers have to vote on amendments six months before Election Day. That deadline passed...
May 07, 2018 Justin Brockie / CC

U Of I Testing Beer Tents At Games
(Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois says its first beer tent test went well. The school in Champaign-Urbana last week opened a beer tent at a Fighting Illini baseball game. Fans say they liked ...
May 07, 2018 Jim Reynolds / CC

Illinois Gas Prices Flat
(Chicago, IL) -- Gas prices across Illinois are flat. But that doesn't mean gas is cheap. The folks at GasBuddy.com say the average price for a gallon of regular gas in the state is two-dollars and 90...
May 07, 2018 Mike Mozart / CC
Lions Club Donates $1,000 from Spaghetti Dinner to HSHS Good Shepherd Breast Cancer Assistance Fund
(Shelbyville, IL) -- The Shelbyville Lions Club held its annual spaghetti dinner on Tuesday, March 13 from 5-7 p.m. at the Lions Club, and sold more than 170 meals. On Wednesday, May 2, Shelbyville Li...
May 06, 2018

Sports News for Sunday May 6, 2018
Cardinals Rally Past Cubs In 10 (St. Louis, MO) -- Kolten Wong connected for a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Cardinals rallied to beat the Cubs 8-6 at Busch Stadium. Marcell Oz...
May 06, 2018

IDOT Announces Bride Deck Replacement on US 36 over US 51 in Harristown
(Decatur, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that beginning on Monday May 7, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. work will begin on the bridges carrying eastbound and westbound US 36 over US...
May 05, 2018 ITB495 / CC
Sports News for Saturday May 5, 2018
Rockies Hold Off Mets (New York, NY) -- The Rockies built up a six-run lead and held on to edge the Mets 8-7 at Citi Field. Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon each had two hits, an RBI, and two runs s...
May 05, 2018

Plan Would Allow Veterans Groups To Ignore Local Video Gaming Bans
(Springfield, IL) -- Local VFWs and American Legion posts across Illinois could soon add video poker machines, even if their city or town doesn't allow them. State Senator Terry Link has a plan that w...
May 04, 2018 brownpau / CC






