Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Illinois Senate Panel Okays Local Assault Weapons Bans
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois cities are a step closer to being able to control who owns which guns inside their borders. An Illinois Senate panel Tuesday approved a plan to give local governments the...
Apr 18, 2018 Forsaken Fotos / CC
Sports News 4/18/18
>>Cardinals Cut Down Cubs (Chicago, IL) -- Matt Carpenter went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Paul DeJong [[ deh-YOUNG ]] homered as the Cardinals beat the Cubs 5-3 at chilly Wrigley Field. Starter ...
Apr 18, 2018

Telephone Scam Threatening Arrest Targeting Macon County
(Decatur, IL) -- State's Attorney Jay Scott announced on Tuesday that local residents are being targeted with a telephone scam where the callers claim to be from a government agency, state that the in...
Apr 17, 2018 opusbei / CC

Illinois Bicentennial Wants Pennies For Lincoln Papers
(Springfield, IL) -- The spare change in your pockets could help bring another piece of Lincoln history to Illinois. The state's Bicentennial Commission Monday put out the request for Illinois school ...
Apr 17, 2018 slgckgc / CC

Allegiant Defends Service After "60 Minutes" Report
(Moline, IL) -- One of the few airlines to serve most of Illinois' airports outside of Chicago is defending its reputation after a scathing report on its safety. Allegiant Airlines Monday called Sunda...
Apr 17, 2018 Little Flight Photography / CC

Dewitt County 17-Year-Old To Face Adult Charges In Shooting
(Clinton, IL) -- Prosecutors in DeWitt County are pushing ahead with adult charges against a 17-year-old who police say shot another teen in the stomach. Seventeen-year-old Michael Cummins is still be...
Apr 17, 2018 PRSA-NY / CC

U.S. Supreme Court Again Turns Down Blagojevich Appeal
(Washington, DC) -- Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is not getting a new trial or a new sentence. The United States Supreme Court on Monday turned down the imprisoned governor's latest appeal...
Apr 17, 2018 Ed Bierman / CC

Quincy Legionnaires' Report Leaves Questions Lingering
(Springfield, IL) -- The latest report into the Legionnaires' outbreak at Illinois' veterans home in Quincy isn't answering all of the lingering questions that lawmakers have. The report, released Mon...
Apr 17, 2018 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
Sports News 4/17/18
>>Wade Shines In Heat Game Two Win (Philadelphia, PA) -- It was Dwyane Wade's night as the Heat cut down the 76ers 113-103 in Game Two of the first round at Wells Fargo Center. Wade hit 11-of-16...
Apr 17, 2018

Lawmaker Wants To Officially Split SIU's Campuses
(Springfield, IL) -- If Southern Illinois University Trustees won't do it, then perhaps Illinois lawmakers will. There is a push at the statehouse in Springfield to separate SIU's campuses in Carbonda...
Apr 16, 2018 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC






