Category Archives: Decatur Radio

>>New Single-Season Record For Homers Set (Undated) -- There have been more home runs hit in Major League Baseball this season than in any other year in history. Kansas City's Alex Gordon broke ...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois health officials say a Kankakee County man is the first victim of the West Nile virus in 2017. The Illinois Department of Public Health yesterday announced that the man w...

(Chicago, IL) -- It may now be a little tougher for police departments in Illinois to take your stuff. Governor Bruce Rauner yesterday signed a new law to tighten the rules for asset forfeiture and fo...

(Wheaton, IL) -- The five Wheaton College football players charged with hazing won't play or practice for the foreseeable future. The school yesterday suspended the players as DuPage County prosecutor...

(Dixon, IL) -- Investigators in Dixon are looking for answers after what they say is a murder-suicide that claimed the life of a five-year-old. Police say they found five-year-old Christopher Michaels...

(Urbana, IL) -- An Urbana man who went to jail for burning a flag near Independence Day is getting 15-thousand dollars for his troubles. The city of Urbana yesterday agreed to settle Bryton Mellott's ...

(Springfield, IL) -- The latest tax credit from the state of Illinois is coming with a bit more transparency. Governor Bruce Rauner yesterday signed the new Edge Tax Credit into law. The Edge Credit i...

>>Wheaton Football Players Charged With Hazing (Chicago, IL) -- Five football players from Wheaton College in Illinois are facing felony charges after a violent hazing incident last year. The fi...

(Decatur, IL) -- United States Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL), a 1992 Millikin University graduate, will visit Millikin's campus on today, to speak with students, staff, faculty and the public on how...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers will have to decide if they want to override the governor on a pension plan that could add more stress to the already fragile police and fire pension programs i...