Category Archives: Decatur Radio

This past weekend was the second annual Swing for Homes Wiffleball tournament. Scoot Busboom and Eric smith sat down and had a little fun calling the championship game.

>>Cubs Cut Down Braves (Atlanta, GA) -- Jon Lester fired seven innings of one-run ball and the Cubs held on for a 4-3 win over the Braves in Atlanta. Lester improved to 6-and-6. Wade Davis allow...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is asking Democrats in the Illinois Senate to send him their school funding plan so he can change it. The governor yesterday promised to use an amen...

(Rockford, IL) -- A Rockford man is heading to prison for the rest of his life for a vicious, 2014 murder of his ex-girlfriend and her family. Calvin Carter the Third smiled as he left the courtroom a...

(Danville, IL) -- Prosecutors in Danville will try a 15-year-old stabbing suspect as an adult. Vermilion County State's Attorney Jacqueline Lacy yesterday filed five counts of murder against 15-year-o...

(Chicago, IL) -- The state of Illinois is once again taking another small step away from junk credit, at least for now. Fitch ratings yesterday said it is removing the state from its Rating Watch Nega...

(Decatur, IL) -- Decatur City Council Member Pat McDaniel who also serves as the City Liquor Commissioner on the Decatur Celebration's Board and Staff will oppose the request to extend the hours of th...

>>Quintana Shines In Cub Debut (Baltimore, MD) -- Jose Quintana sparkled in his debut as the Cubs blanked the Orioles, 8-0, in Baltimore. Quintana struck out 12 over seven shutout innings to get...

(Rock Island, IL) -- Most of the men indicted in the Quad Cities' dog fighting ring are headed to prison. The U.S. Attorney's office last week said the eighth member of the ring, Terrill McDuffy, plea...