Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Group Blasts Rauner Over Vow To Veto Abortion Bill
An abortion-rights group is blasting Governor Rauner for vowing last week to veto an abortion bill. The Personal PAC released a 2014 questionnaire yesterday from Rauner in which he pledges support for...
Apr 20, 2017 Steven Vance / CC

U Of I Student Sets Himself On Fire
(Urbana, IL) -- Authorities are investigating a possible suicide after a University of Illinois student set himself on fire on campus. The 21-year-old's burnt body was discovered yesterday morning at ...
Apr 20, 2017 Dean Strelau / CC

Illinois Lawmakers Hear Case For Legal Marijuana
(Chicago, IL) -- The woman who's leading Illinois' push for legal, recreation marijuana says two years ago she would've voted 'No.' But yesterday, Chicago Democrat Heather Steans told a legislative he...
Apr 20, 2017 Brett Levin / CC

Sports News for Thursday April 20, 2017
>>Blues Blanked By Wild (St. Louis, MO) -- The Blues failed to get any of 28 shots past Devan Dubnyk in a 2-0 loss to the Wild in Game Four of their first-round series at Scottrade Center...
Apr 20, 2017 Logan Ingalls / CC

Council Approves Over $2 Million Redevelopment Project
At their meeting this week, Decatur City Council approved a more than $2 million redevelopment project to add residential units downtown. Hopefully, it'll facilitate new commercial development to the ...
Apr 19, 2017 Pictures of Money / CC

$3.5 Million Nelson Park Sewer Project Approved
At their meeting this week, Decatur City Council approved $3.5 million to perform the Nelson Park Neighborhood Combined Sewer Separation Project. Residents in that area have complained about sewer bac...
Apr 19, 2017 Mark Turnauckas / CC

FBI Offering Reward In Springfield Deadly Shooting
(Springfield, IL) -- The FBI is offering a five-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to an arrest in the deadly shooting of a Springfield woman last year. Alaysia Bennett was gunned down in ...
Apr 19, 2017 Pictures of Money / CC

Illinois Universities Latest To Face Credit Downgrade
(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois' universities are the latest to be looking at a credit downgrade. Moody's Investors Service yesterday said it plans to review most of the state's public universities for a po...
Apr 19, 2017 Raymond Cunningham / CC

Sports News for Wednesday April 19, 2017
>>Bulls Blast Celtics To Take 2-0 Lead (Boston, MA) -- The Bulls are heading home with a 2-0 lead on the top-seeded Celtics. Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade scored 22 points as Chicago coast...
Apr 19, 2017 Brendan C / CC

City Council Approves $10 Million in Infrastructure Improvements
At their meeting last night, Decatur City Council approved almost $10 million in infrastructure improvements to repair and replace streets, fix sewers, and develop downtown housing. Members also appro...
Apr 18, 2017 Pictures of Money / CC






