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Ryan Mahan, Sportswriter from the SJ-R joins Mike Wennmacher to talk all things CS8 football. Ryan and Mike discuss Week 4's results and look ahead to all the big Week 5 matchups. The two also touch upon what has been going on in the Sangamo Conference thus far this season. 

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Michelle Ownbey, publisher of the Springfield Business Journal and Illinois Times, about the latest happenings in the Springfield business community and all of the relevant bits fit for the greater community to learn about.

Topics Discussed In This Interview:

• Seoul 4 Soul has closed less than nine months after opening, but one of the owners, Kimsimone Manning, is launching a new Korean fusion bistro in its place. A Taste of Seoul will hold its grand opening Saturday, Sept. 28.

   

   

• Six businesses have been awarded $280,000 in grants by the Springfield City Council from the city's share of sales taxes on adult-use cannabis sales. The allocations came more than two years after the first round of grants and after a September 2023 audit that pointed out numerous inconsistencies in the program and suggested reforms.

   

• A proposal from a local developer to build tiny homes on the east side of Springfield for unhoused veterans is generating big controversy.

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Kevin Hart joins Mike Wennmacher to talk all the goings on in the local Arts and Entertainment scene. Highlights include Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sweeney Todd and more. 

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On this episode of Business in the 217, Trent R. Nelson talks with:

• Kimsimone Manning - Restaurant Owner and Chef, of the restaurant formerly known as Seoul 4 Soul

Trent R. Nelson spoke with Chef Kimsimone Manning, formerly of Seoul 4 Soul, about her story, cooking, giving to the community, her restaurant, the future of her vision, and much more!

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The Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins, who wrote the Mitt Romney biography "A Reckoning" joined Springfield's Morning News to discuss Romney and the future of the GOP.

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Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-Springfield) joins Springfield's Morning News to discuss keeping the government funded, why Congress can't pass a budget, and how the next Congress moves past the crazy and starts to govern.

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Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Mike Murphy joined Springfield's Morning News to discuss the city's business climate and the "Shoes, Brews, & Biz" event October 3.

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State Journal-Register reporter Patrick Keck joined Springfield's Morning News to discuss an effort to end solitary confinement in Illinois prisons and if there will be a veto session at the Capitol this fall.

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Brenden Moore, Lee Enterprises political reporter, joined Springfield's Morning News to discuss November's legislative races and how many seats Democrats could pick up and the only contested congressional seat in the state.

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In this episode of Talk Of The Town, Trent R. Nelson talks with:

• Jeff Schoep - The Simon Wisenthal Center, MMOT, and others

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