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Ryan McCrady, president and CEO, Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance, joins Community Voices to discuss the new job tools the organization is providing along with updating the work SSGA is doing to increase economic development in the area.

Ryan McCrady, president and CEO, Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance, joins Community Voices to discuss the new job tools the organization is providing along with updating the work SSGA is doing to increase economic development in the area.

Area musician and writer Amy Benton writes with Nashville friends and Springfield resources like the Springfield Area Arts Council. Look for Amy Benton on your music streaming service, around town, and at AmyBenton.com.

An interview with Capital City Toastmasters Treasurer Kathy Brennan.

Keena Small, mother of Gregory Small, Jr., said the charge against him is being used to justify the narrative the police officer was right to shoot him.

Much of the conversation about what the east side lacks revolves around access – access to good jobs, quality education, transportation and more, Dominic Watson said, hence the name for his idea, Community Access Project (CAP) 1908. “We need to listen to the community, and they’re going to guide us and tell us what they want to see long term,” Watson said. The Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln highlighted community-led investment on the east side as one of its priorities for The Next 10 Community Visioning plan.

Update, 3:25 p.m.: This post was updated with new information from Memorial and additional information on who is eligible under IDPH guidelines. The…

Under a program recently approved by the Springfield City Council, minority-owned businesses and residents on the city’s east side will have access to…

Springfield’s Ward 3 has a new representative to the city council. Ald. Roy Williams, Jr., was sworn in Tuesday night after the council approved his…

When Tanner Fry’s youngest son was born two years ago, Fry appreciated the time he got to spend with the baby, so much that the middle-of-the-night diaper…