Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Cubs World Series Trophy Making Stop In Springfield
(Champaign, IL) -- Chicago Cubs fans are getting the chance to see the team's World Series trophy in Springfield next month. The Commissioner's Trophy will be appearing at the Abraham Lincoln Presiden...
Feb 24, 2017 Arturo Pardavila III / CC

AFSCME Claims Mandate For Stat Worker Strike
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' largest public employee union says its members are sending a message. AFSCME leaders yesterday said 80-percent of union members who voted cast a ballot to authorize a st...
Feb 24, 2017 Mark Goebel / CC

Millikin University Gets $10,000 Contribution
Millikin University's Institute for Science Entrepreneurship got a $10,000 contribution from 300 Below this week. The money will support the continued growth of the MU's Undergraduate Fellows Program.
Feb 24, 2017 Pictures of Money / CC

Sports News for Friday February 24, 2017
>>George, Butler Stay Put As Deadline Passes (Undated) -- The NBA trade deadline is in the books. Indiana's Paul George and Chicago's Jimmy Butler are staying put after neither were moved...
Feb 24, 2017

Governor Rauner Issues Statement on AFSCME's Strike Authorization Vote
SPRINGFIELD - The Rauner Administration released the following statement in response to AFSCME's strike authorization vote. The following is attributable to General Counsel Dennis Murashko: "The vote ...
Feb 23, 2017

Council Ok's Sewer Work
Decatur City Council is moving forward to fix critical sewer problems in the city. Members approved agreements for flow monitoring and the engineering necessary to complete the work.
Feb 23, 2017 Ashley MacKinnon MacKinnon / CC

Man Arrested for Drug Felonies May be Released
Almost a year after Keith Halliburton, of Decatur, was arrested on drug felonies, a judge ruled the protocol used by Decatur Police was flawed and all evidence in the case is inadmissible. Haliburton ...
Feb 23, 2017 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

No Room at the Inn
Hotel Rooms in Decatur and Forsyth are already booked for the Farm Progress Show. Overflow bookings are taking place in Shelbyville, Bloomington, Champaign and Springfield. The show is in late Aug.
Feb 23, 2017 Elizabeth Greene / CC

Sports News for Thursday, February 23rd
>>Ole Miss Football Self-Imposes One-Year Bowl Ban (Oxford, MS) -- Ole Miss football is self-imposing a one-year postseason ban for 21 rules violations by current or former members of the coaching sta...
Feb 23, 2017

Mayoral Candidate Phillips Outlines Economic Development Plan
Attraction of new industry through private investment is Phillips top priority DECATUR - Surrounded by supporters and interested citizens, Decatur mayoral candidate John Phillips outlined a plan to sp...
Feb 22, 2017






