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Dr. Youssef El Bitar and athletic trainer Josh Grant join Community Voices to discuss their shared passion for helping athletes prevent and recover from injury. Both also work closely with the Springfield Jr. Blues hockey team to keep players on the ice. We discuss how they came to their professions, their shared love of athletics and how our audience can prevent injury in their own lives. -
IDOTThe Illinois 97 expansion project creates a four-lane expressway to the Illinois 125 intersection.
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The tax would collect 3% from hotel and motel stays throughout the county. Supporters say expansion is needed to retract and attract conventions. -
Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison for second-degree murder. -
The APL is joining hundreds of animal shelters and rescues across the country participating in the ASPCA’s Rescue Effect campaign to raise awareness about the importance of pet adoption/fostering and place more animals into loving homes. -
Vazquez-Ontiberos admitted that he had unlawfully returned to the United States following a prior removal and that law enforcement encountered him during a traffic stop in Sangamon County in May 2026. -
Bottoms disappeared in 1987. -
Sarah Kiliman joins Community Voices to discuss the new bookstore to Downtown Springfield, Elderberry and Plumb. She is the bookstore director for the new independent bookstore. Sarah discusses how the bookstore came to be, her personal story and connection to literature and the community events that they plan at the shop. -
The state Prisoner Review Board took 10 minutes before unanimously rejecting Sean Grayson’s request to be released seven months into his 20-year prison term. The white former downstate sheriff’s deputy was convicted of murdering Sonya Massey in her home. -
State’s attorney opposes release of former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy -
Democrat Sam Cahnman is collecting signatures for a petition that would allow county residents to vote on the power to remove sheriffs and other county officers. -
The Massey Community Action Network (MCAN) said it will work to ensure implementation of the commission’s calls to action “through education, organizing, advocacy, collaboration, and sustained civic engagement.”
