Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Decatur Implements Water Conservation Requirements
Decatur Implements Water Conservation Requirements The city of Decatur is taking measures as a drought continues. The city is moving to Stage One Water Rationing. Lake Decatur's water level is droppin...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 17, 2025 Thermometer for measuring outdoor air temperature. Tropical rain. Meteorological device for observing and measuring the weather. Weather forecast. Heavy rain in hot weather, drought in summer.

IDHS Restoring SNAP Benefits
IDHS Restoring SNAP Benefits SNAP recipients in Illinois will be receiving their full benefit amounts for November. The Illinois Department of Human Services is restoring the benefits now that the fed...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 17, 2025 Portland, OR, USA - Oct 28, 2020: "SNAP welcomed here" sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program.

CHICAGO VS. U.S. GRANT LAWSUIT
CHICAGO VS. U.S. GRANT LAWSUIT Chicago has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from imposing grant conditions based on cities' diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) prog...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 14, 2025 Lawsuit: Judge's Gavel as a symbol of legal system and wooden stand with text word.

SMALL BUSINESS OPTIMISM
SMALL BUSINESS OPTIMISM The National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Optimism Index declined 0.6 points in October, but the NFIB's Uncertainty Index dropped 12 points to its lowest l...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 14, 2025 Financial investment and success market stock technology currency report.Money business financial graph diagram of coin. Financial growth data or investment market profit bar

HOUSE SHUTDOWN VOTES
HOUSE SHUTDOWN VOTES Illinois U.S. House members voted along party lines as the chamber approved legislation to end the partial shutdown of the federal government on Wednesday night. All of the state'...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 14, 2025 USA shutdown and United States government closed and american federal shut down due to spending bill disagreement between the left and the right pas a national finance symbol with yellow hazard tape in a 3D illustration style.

MIGRANTS RELEASE ORDER
MIGRANTS RELEASE ORDER The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a statement after a federal judge in Chicago ordered the release of hundreds of migrants on Tuesday. According to the DHS stateme...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 14, 2025 Judge’s gavel, Themis sculpture and collection of legal books on the brown background.

STATE CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
STATE CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is hosting a "Weather and Public Health Response Summit" to examine how the effects of climate change and extreme weather ev...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 13, 2025 Thermometer for measuring outdoor air temperature. Tropical rain. Meteorological device for observing and measuring the weather. Weather forecast. Heavy rain in hot weather, drought in summer.

EIU Police Respond To Call of Armed Person On Campus
EIU Police Respond To Call of Armed Person On Campus Authorities are calling a report of an armed person on the campus of Eastern Illinois University unfounded. The university received a report yester...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 13, 2025 Police car with flashing lights at night

BAILEY STAYS
BAILEY STAYS Republican candidate Darren Bailey has decided to stay in the race for Illinois governor. In a video posted on social media platforms Monday afternoon, Bailey said he and his wife, Cindy,...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 13, 2025 American at a polling booth

ILLINOIS U.S. SENATORS VOTE
ILLINOIS U.S. SENATORS VOTE Illinois U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth differed as the Senate voted to advance a bill that could end the federal government's partial shutdown. Durbin voted...
Jerry Hinkle Nov 13, 2025 Illinois State Capitol Building with Abraham Lincoln statue and a clear blue sky.






