Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Plea Deal Ends Attempted Murder Charges For Former Deputy
(Taylorville, IL) -- A former central Illinois deputy is still looking at more than a decade behind bars even after prosecutors dropped attempted murder charges against him. Markes Rodgers pleaded gui...
Mar 16, 2018 Ed Bierman / CC

Governor Again Says All Options On Table For Quincy Vets Home
(Quincy, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers say Governor Rauner's latest proclamation that all options are on the table for the Quincy veterans home is confusing. The governor went to Quincy once again yesterd...
Mar 16, 2018 Mark Goebel / CC

Eagle Creek Resort site now open for proposals to potential developers
(Shelby County, IL) - State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) and State Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) announced March 14 that the site of the state-owned Eagle Creek Resort in Shelby County ...
Mar 15, 2018

Local Agencies Hold Active Shooter Exercise at HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital
(Decatur, IL) - HSHS St. Mary's Hospital, the Macon County Sheriff's Office, the Decatur Police Department and the Decatur Fire Department held an active shooter exercise Wednesday on the campus of St...
Mar 15, 2018

Illinois Bicentennial Beer Available In Cans
(Springfield, IL) -- Who knows how they will be drinking beer 200 years from now but Illinois' bicentennial beer is now available in cans. Governor Rauner and members of the state's Bicentennial Commi...
Mar 15, 2018

Illinois Senate Okays New Gun Control Plans
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is getting a plan that'd require a three-day waiting period to buy a rifle, but lawmakers are waiting to send him other pieces of their gun control ...
Mar 15, 2018 James Case / CC

Democratic Senator: Governor Focusing On Mansion, Not Vets
(Springfield, IL) -- In three years, Governor Bruce Rauner has spent millions of dollars to renovate the governor's mansion. State Senator Bill Haine wonders why he hasn't done the same with the veter...
Mar 15, 2018

Illinois To See Bicentennial Beer Cans Today
(Springfield, IL) -- The first six-packs of Illinois' bicentennial beer will soon be on store shelves. Governor Rauner and members of the state's Bicentennial Commission will debut the beer this after...
Mar 14, 2018
Illinois Schools On Their Own For School Protest Punishments
(Springfield, IL) -- Local schools across the state of Illinois will decide for themselves how to deal with students who walk out of class as part of the national protest for gun control. Students acr...
Mar 14, 2018

Senators Frustrated By Rauner Self Congratulation Over Quincy Home Response
(Springfield, IL) -- The frustration at the Illinois Capitol is only growing as lawmakers say they're still waiting for answers about what to do about Legionnaires disease at the Quincy veterans home....
Mar 14, 2018 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC






