Category Archives: Decatur Radio

CEO Ramps Up United Apology
(Chicago, IL) -- The CEO of United Airlines is making an apology tour as the company faces a lot of fallout over a passenger being dragged from an overbooked flight Sunday at O'Hare. CEO Oscar Munoz t...
Apr 13, 2017 Prayitno / Thank you for (12 millions +) view / CC

Cause Of Deadly Pana House Fire Revealed
(Pana, IL) -- Fire officials believe discarded smoking materials caused a deadly house fire last weekend in Pana. John Beyers was found dead Saturday after the blaze engulfed a two-story home in the 4...
Apr 13, 2017 Erin Buonocore / CC

U Of I Master Plan Includes Expansion, Innovation
(Urbana, IL) -- The campus of the future at the University of Illinois could include robot cars and a new ice rink. The school released its campus master plan yesterday. In addition to a rather large ...
Apr 13, 2017 Raymond Cunningham / CC

Latest School Funding Plan Silent On Property Taxes, Pensions
(Springfield, IL) -- The latest plan to change how Illinois pays for schools focuses on tweaks rather than large scale changes. State Senator Jason Barickman yesterday presented a plan to hand-out sta...
Apr 13, 2017 Pictures of Money / CC

Sports News for Thursday April 13, 2017
Leake, Piscotty Carry Cards Past Nats (Washington, DC) -- Mike Leake threw seven shutout innings to outduel Max Scherzer as the Cardinals beat the Nationals 6-1 in D.C. Stephen Piscotty went 3-for-5 w...
Apr 13, 2017

Rauner On Tour, Not Campaign Across Illinois
(Rock Island, IL) -- Governor Bruce Rauner says he's simply on a statewide tour to speak with voters across Illinois. He insists he's not on a campaign tour. Whatever you call it, the governor kicked ...
Apr 12, 2017 Steven Vance / CC

Illinois Tax Returns Take Four Weeks
(Springfield, IL) -- Slow down on your big plans to spend your Illinois tax refund. The state's Department of Revenue yesterday said it will take at least four weeks to process your tax return. You ha...
Apr 12, 2017 Pictures of Money / CC

United Apologizes, Victim Hires Lawyer
(Chicago, IL) -- United Airlines is trying again with its response to the viral video of police dragging a man off one of their planes. United CEO Oscar Munoz yesterday called the event 'horrific.' Th...
Apr 12, 2017 Uwe Schreiber / CC

Sports News for Wednesday April 12, 2017
Murphy Powers Nats Past Cardinals (Washington, DC) -- Daniel Murphy went 4-for-5 with a homer and five RBI as the Nationals crushed the Cardinals 8-3 in DC. Jayson Werth and Matt Wieters also went dee...
Apr 12, 2017

Decatur Celebration to Headline Some Big Names Ahead of This Year's Festivities
Decatur, IL - The Decatur Celebration organizers announced today the plans and lineup for the 32nd annual street celebration which has a brand new look and titled "It's Gettin' Hot In Here" to take pl...
Apr 11, 2017






