Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Inside the Game with Garrett Knock -- Maroa-Forsyth, Meridian & Mt. Zion Volleyball
It's another edition of our Inside the Game podcasts and we have a packed one today with three area volleyball coaches on the podcast. Meridian head coach Tony Holly, Maroa-Forsyth head coach Sarah Ma...
Oct 07, 2016

Area Volleyball Scores from 10/6/16
Argenta-Oreana def. Hutsonville-Palestine, 25-19, 25-12 Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond def. Oakland/Kansas/Shiloh, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20 Casey-Westfield def. Red Hill, 25-8, 25-21 Champaign Central def...
Oct 07, 2016

Sales Tax Increase Needed to Prevent Layoffs
A sales tax increase is needed to prevent several layoffs in the Macon County Sheriff's Office. A binding referendum on the Nov. ballot would impose a quarter of a percentage point increase in the cou...
Oct 07, 2016 Keith Cooper / CC
Development Proposals for Eagle Creek
Eagle Creek Resort at Lake Shelbyville was closed in 2009 because of mold problems and hasn't been used since. A recent request for development proposals of the resort received zero responses.
Oct 07, 2016

Student Arrested for Social Media Bomb Threat
Rantoul Police arrested Dakota DeGarmo, 18, a student at Rantoul Township High School, for posting a "non-specific" bomb threat on social media. The officers searched DeGarmo's residence early Thursda...
Oct 07, 2016

Decatur House Fire on South Illinois Street
Decatur Crews quickly extinguished a bedroom fire at a house on South Illinois Street early Wednesday morning. The firefighters were dispatched to the 800 block of South Illinois Street where they fou...
Oct 06, 2016 Andrew Malone / CC
Election Judges Needed in Macon County
Macon County is looking for Republican voters to serve as election judges for the November 8 General Election. Judges are needed in Decatur, Hickory Point, Friends Creek, and Maroa.
Oct 06, 2016

Aquatic Info Session in Decatur
The Decatur Park District will hold a community information session Thursday, October 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Scovill Golf Course Banquet Facility. It focuses on the future of aquatics in the co...
Oct 06, 2016 sfbaywalk / CC

Decatur Restaurant Fire Ruled Arson
Investigators believe that recent fire at Del Carmens Pizza on 22 Street in Decatur was set by someone. Police are calling it aggravated arson. No one was hurt. The owners say they aren't sure when, o...
Oct 06, 2016 Robert Couse-Baker / CC

Mt. Zion Stays Undefeated in Conference Play
The Mt. Zion volleyball team showed fight and toughness on Tuesday night, as they battled back to beat Mattoon on the road in three sets, 22-25, 25-23, 25-19 to stay undefeated in the Apollo Conferenc...
Oct 05, 2016






