Category Archives: Decatur Radio
Possible Child Lurings Scare Local Community
(Champaign, IL) -- Police in Champaign County are on high alert after a couple of attempted child lurings. Police say twice this month a man tried to get young teen girls into his car near Franklin Mi...
Apr 26, 2018 Jennifer C. / CC
Decatur Police Use of Force Situation is Under Investigation
(Decatur, IL) -- A video of two police officers interacting with a teenager started to circulate on Wednesday and is drawing concerns from the public. It shows the two officers are trying to restrain ...
Apr 26, 2018 Daniel / CC
Sports News 4/26/18
>>Cardinals Crush Mets (St. Louis, MO) -- The Cardinals spotted the Mets an 1-0 lead before scoring nine unanswered runs in a 9-1 win at Busch Stadium. Jedd Gyorko [[ JERK-oh ]] hit a two-run ho...
Apr 26, 2018
Illinois Comptroller: State's Unpaid Bills Ate Up Money For Needs
(Springfield, IL) -- The woman who pays Illinois' bills says money that could have gone to veterans, or the mentally ill, or schools instead went to pay a penalty on the state's unpaid bills. Comptrol...
Apr 25, 2018 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
U Of I Academic Senate To Vote To Ban The Chief
(Urbana, IL) -- Some folks at the University of Illinois want to ban Chief Illiniwek from football and basketball games next year. The university's Academic Senate is set to vote next week on a ban. B...
Apr 25, 2018
Illinois Senate Votes to Raise Home Care Worker Salaries
(Springfield, IL) -- Some home healthcare workers in Illinois could be in line for a big raise. The Illinois Senate Tuesday voted to nearly double the pay for workers who help in the state's Community...
Apr 25, 2018 Pictures of Money / CC
Peoria Prosecutors Indict Suspect In Bradley Double Murder
(Peoria, IL) -- Prosecutors in Peoria say a gang dispute sparked a deadly shooting near Bradley University earlier this month. Peoria County State's Attorney Jerry Brady's office Tuesday announced an ...
Apr 25, 2018 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
Illinois Reports Fourth Death From Synthetic Marijuana
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' death toll from synthetic marijuana is four. The Illinois Department of Public Health said on Tuesday a fourth person, a woman in her twenties from central Illinois, pas...
Apr 25, 2018 Eugene Zemlyanskiy / CC
Sports News 4/25/18
>>Sixers, Warriors Advance (Undated) -- Both the 76ers and Warriors are moving on to the next round of the NBA playoffs. Philadelphia eliminated the Heat in five games with a 104-91 win in Phila...
Apr 25, 2018
Accused Waffle House Shooter's Father May Not Have Committed Crime
(Pekin, IL) -- Prosecutors in central Illinois say the father of the man accused of killing four people at a Tennessee Waffle House may not have broken the law. Tazewell County State's Attorney Stu Um...
Apr 24, 2018 Ed Bierman / CC
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