Jim Leach talks with Drew Stroud, Illinois College alum about his role as Vincent Van Gogh in the one-man performance 'Exhausted Paint: The Death of Van Gogh' at the Hoogland Center for the Arts April 14-16. 

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A Riverton day care center was one of the businesses badly damaged by the March 31st tornadoes that hit Sangamon County. WMAY's Jim Leach talks with Mindy Parks, one of the owners of Parks' Place Child Care Center, about the damage they sustained, the helping hands they've received, their efforts to rebuild, and upcoming fundraisers to assist them.

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Freshman Democratic Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski is marking her first 100 days in office. WMAY's Jim Leach talked to her about her legislative priorities and what it takes to be successful in a chamber controlled by the other party.

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A new program ni Springfield's public high schools gives students a place to go for guidance and counseling when they are overwhelmed by the issues they face. WMAY's Jim Leach talks with Terence Jordan of District 186 and Jonathan Ponser of Memorial Behavioral Health about the new "peace rooms" in all three high schools.

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With the news that one of Springfield's oldest family-owned businesses will close its doors at the end of the month, WMAY's Jim Leach talked with third-generation owner of Recycled Records (originally Springfield Furniture Company), Gary Kessler, about his decision to retire and his unsuccessful efforts to sell the business and keep it going.

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WMAY's Jim Leach talks with tournament director Kate Peters and Aimee Daily with Memorial Health about this year's edition of the Memorial Health Championship, the Korn Ferry Tour event that will bring tomorrow's PGA stars to Springfield this summer.

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WMAY's Jim Leach talks with Mayor-elect Misty Buscher about her plans and priorities after her election win this week.

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WMAY's Jim Leach has an extended conversation with Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder after Langfelder's election loss this week, discussing his future and the pending items that new Mayor Misty Buscher will face.

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Renowned Yale law professor and Springfield High School graduate Tracey Meares talks with WMAY's Jim Leach about returning to her school to be inducted into the SHS Hall of Fame -- nearly 40 years after she was unjustly denied valedictorian honors there.

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