Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Governor Rauner 'Reconsidering' Keeping vets At Quincy Home
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is hinting that he may close the state's veterans home in Quincy. The governor yesterday said that he is 'reconsidering' keeping the vets at the hom...
Feb 22, 2018

Lawsuit: Macomb High School Didn't Protect Students
(Macomb, IL) -- Two western Illinois high schoolers are suing their former school for not protecting them from a student they call a sexual predator. The lawsuit accuses Macomb school leaders of allow...
Feb 22, 2018 Pictures of Money / CC

Illinois Lawmakers Moving Toward Marijuana Ballot Question
(Springfield, IL) -- A question about legal marijuana in Illinois is a step closer to the November ballot. A Senate panel yesterday approved the non-binding question. Voters could have their say if th...
Feb 22, 2018 Mark / CC

Ice, Freezing Rain In Forecast For Central Illinois
(Lincoln, IL) -- It's going to be another slick, cold drive to work or school across the middle of Illinois. The National Weather Service is leaving a winter weather advisory in place until at least n...
Feb 22, 2018
Sports News 2/22/18
>>U.S. Wins Gold In Women's Hockey (PyeongChang, South Korea) -- Team USA is bringing home the gold in women's hockey at the PyeongChang Olympics. Jocelyne Lamoureux scored the winning goal in t...
Feb 22, 2018

Flood Watches, Warning, Winter Weather To Start Day
(Lincoln, IL) -- Illinois' weather map is a messy mishmash of watches, warnings, and worries about the bad weather. The National Weather Service says folks from Chicago to St. Louis will start the day...
Feb 21, 2018

Durbin: No One Needs AR 15 To Hunt
(East Moline, IL) -- Illinois' senior U.S. Senator says AR 15 rifles aren't for hunting. Senator Dick Durbin told a crowd of school kids in East Moline yesterday that the debate over assault rifles is...
Feb 21, 2018 David Leo Veksler / CC

Quincy Veterans Home Managers Skip Statehouse Legionnaires Disease
(Springfield, IL) -- A handful of Illinois lawmakers are fuming after the managers at Illinois' veterans home in Quincy blew-off a Statehouse hearing. An Illinois Senate panel yesterday wanted answers...
Feb 21, 2018 Justin Brockie / CC

Madigan Agrees To Cooperate With Campaign Sexual Harassment Probe
(Springfield, IL) -- The top Democrat in Illinois says he will cooperate with a review of sexual harassment policies in his political organization. House Speaker Mike Madigan made the announcement yes...
Feb 21, 2018

Sangamon Valley School Incident
(Niantic, IL) -- On Friday afternoon at approximately 3:45 p.m., the Macon County Sheriff's Office received a call from an individual regarding a student from the Sangamon Valley Schools that was alle...
Feb 21, 2018 Ed Bierman / CC






