Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Caterpillar Looks To Build Utility Vehicles
(Peoria, IL) -- Illinois' big yellow engine maker is looking to make something a bit smaller. Caterpillar yesterday announced plans to get into the utility vehicle market. The first model looks like a...
Nov 17, 2017 Gene Spesard / CC

Howard Buffett Foundation Eyes Million Dollar Decatur Grant
(Decatur, IL) -- Howard Buffett may rescue another part of the Decatur. The millionaire philanthropist-turned sheriff is looking to give a million dollars to the city of Decatur for a neighborhood rev...
Nov 17, 2017
Sports News 11/17/17
>>Steelers Stomp Titans Behind "Big Ben" (Pittsburgh, PA) -- Ben Roethlisberger threw four touchdown passes as the Steelers stomped the Titans 40-17 on "Thursday Night Football' in Pittsburgh. A...
Nov 17, 2017

New Report Says Illinois Could Be Next To Legalize Marijuana
(New York, NY) -- A new report says Illinois could be one of the next states to legalize marijuana. The 24/7 Wall Street report lists Illinois among the 15 states that are most likely to legalize mari...
Nov 16, 2017 / CC

Illinois Deer Hunters Head Out Tomorrow
(Springfield, IL) -- The long wait is over for Illinois deer hunters. The first weekend of shotgun deer hunting season opens tomorrow. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters...
Nov 16, 2017 vasse nicolas,antoine / CC

Lincoln Man Gets 30 Years For Overdose Death
(Lincoln, IL) -- A central Illinois man is heading to prison for three decades for selling the heroin that killed a Lincoln man. A Logan County judge on Tuesday sentenced Dustin Miller to 30-years in ...
Nov 16, 2017 Chris Potter / CC

No Trial Delay For Student Charged With U Of I Kidnapping
(Urbana, IL) -- A judge is not delaying the trial of the man accused of kidnapping a Chinese-born U of I scholar. Judge Colin Bruce yesterday said that the request from Brendt Christensen's lawyers to...
Nov 16, 2017 Ed Bierman / CC
Sports News 11/16/17
>>Thunder Dominate Bulls (Oklahoma City, OK) -- The Bulls' offense was dreadful in a 92-79 loss against the Thunder in Oklahoma City. Chicago shot just under 35-percent from the field on its way...
Nov 16, 2017

SIU Faculty Formally Oppose Campus Restructuring Plan
(Carbondale, IL) -- Faculty members at Southern Illinois University's main campus are going on record against a plan to cut bureaucracy and red tape. The school's Faculty Senate yesterday approved a r...
Nov 15, 2017

Illinois Tells Land Owners Their Trees Are Valuable
(Springfield, IL) -- The state of Illinois doesn't want to see anyone get taken, over the price of their trees. The state's Department of Natural Resources yesterday issued a bulletin to landowners sa...
Nov 15, 2017 Andy Arthur / CC






