Category Archives: Decatur Radio

University Of Illinois Looking At 60-Million Dollar Professor Recruitment
(Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois isn't letting the state's budget crunch get in its way. The school yesterday announced a plan to spend 60-million dollars over the next three years to lure n...
May 12, 2017 Pictures of Money / CC

Top Republican Lawmakers: Illinois Needs New Thinking
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois needs new ideas if the state is ever going to get a new state budget. That's the gist of yesterday's op-ed in "The State Journal Register" from Illinois' two top Republic...
May 12, 2017 Justin Brockie / CC

Sports News for Friday May 12, 2017
>>Cubs At Cardinals (St. Louis, MO) -- The Cubs open a three-game series with the rival Cardinals tonight at Busch Stadium. Chicago is 17-and-17, putting them in fourth in the NL Central....
May 12, 2017

SIU Finally Gets 35-Million Dollar Loan
(Edwardsville, IL) -- Southern Illinois University is getting a lifeline from its Edwardsville campus. University trustees yesterday approved a loan of up to 35-million dollars for the school's main c...
May 11, 2017 Pictures of Money / CC

Deadly Fire in Decatur
(Decatur, IL) -- One man is dead and another is hurt following a fire in Decatur. Authorities say Curtis Taylor was killed in a blaze that started Tuesday night inside a house near South Maffit and Ea...
May 11, 2017 Dean Strelau / CC

Three Illini Football Players Arrested For Dorm Robbery
(Urbana, IL) -- One of the three University of Illinois football players arrested for a dorm robbery is being suspended 'indefinitely.' Police in Champaign-Urbana yesterday arrested freshmen Darta Lee...
May 11, 2017 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Latest Illinois Budget Deal Flops
(Springfield, IL) -- The chances are growing slimmer that Illinois will get a full state budget this year. Republicans in the Illinois Senate last night balked at the latest 'grand bargain' because it...
May 11, 2017 Mark Goebel / CC

Sports News for Thursday May 11, 2017
>>Three Illinois Football Players Arrested (Champaign, IL) -- Three Illinois football players are facing charges of home invasion and armed robbery. Darta Lee, Zarrian Holcombe and Howard...
May 11, 2017
Duckworth, Durbin Troubled By Comey Firing
(Washington, DC) -- Illinois U.S. Senators say they're troubled by President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. Both Democrats Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth say the president's move ...
May 10, 2017

New Signs and Scoreboards Approved in Taylorville
The Taylorville School Board has approved the purchase of a new sign in front of the high school and new scoreboards for the football fields and gym. They'll be paid for by the sales tax passed in the...
May 10, 2017 John Martinez Pavliga / CC






