Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Governor Rauner's Office Says New Quincy Dorms Not Only Option
(Springfield, IL) -- Maybe new dorms aren't coming to the Quincy veterans home. Governor Bruce Rauner's office yesterday said that all options to fix the troubled home where dozens of people have gott...
Mar 07, 2018

Speaker Madigan Warns Lawmakers To 'Keep It Professional' At Statehouse
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is once again reminding Illinois lawmakers about what he doesn't want to see from them. The powerful speaker sent a note to lawmakers yesterday...
Mar 07, 2018

State Farm Announces Nearly 900 Jobs Will Be Cut
(Bloomington, IL) -- Nearly 900 IT workers will soon be out of a job at State Farm Insurance's Illinois headquarters. The company yesterday said it is eliminating 890 jobs in Bloomington as part of a ...
Mar 07, 2018 State Farm / CC

New Poll: 89-Percent Think Illinois Heading In Wrong Direction
(Carbondale, IL) -- A new poll says more than eight in ten people in the state think Illinois is heading in the wrong direction. The poll, released yesterday by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute ...
Mar 07, 2018 David Wilson / CC
Sports News 3/7/18
>>League Talks With Bulls About Tanking (Chicago, IL) -- The Bulls have been keeping in touch with the NBA regarding how they're going to end their season. The league has kept an open dialogue w...
Mar 07, 2018

Learn about Dove’s BABES Program
(Decatur, IL) -- BABES, Beginning Awareness Basic Education Studies, is a program of Dove, Inc., which brings worthwhile life skill lessons to children in grades K-3rd. There will be a BABES Program O...
Mar 06, 2018

City of Decatur's 2018 Citywide Cleanup Dates
(Decatur, IL) -- The City of Decatur in partnership with Advanced Disposal has set its 2018 citywide cleanup dates. Cleanup Dates will be held on Saturday, May 5th from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Tuesday, ...
Mar 06, 2018

MRI Spreads the Word to End the Word
(Decatur, IL) - Join MRI to Spread the Word to End the Word. The national campaign aims to inspire respect and acceptance by raising awareness about the R-word (retard or retarded) and how disrespectf...
Mar 06, 2018

Rauner Administration To Rebuild Quincy Vets Home, Eventually
(Chicago, IL) -- The latest plan from Governor Bruce Rauner's administration to deal with Legionnaires' disease at the Quincy veterans home is to rebuild. Eventually. Illinois Department of Veterans A...
Mar 06, 2018
Sports News 3/6/18
>>Cubs' Darvish To Make Spring Debut (Mesa, AZ) -- Cubs starter Yu Darvish will make his spring debut today in Mesa against his former team, the Dodgers. Darvish was supposed to start last week,...
Mar 06, 2018






