Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
Ask the Mayor with Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder – Segment 3

Joey McLaughlin visits with Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder on the ‘Ask the Mayor’ segment on the WTAX Morning Newswatch, and discusses his election loss, his accomplishments, new faces on the Springfield City Council, the Scheels Sports Complex at Legacy Pointe, Hunter Lake, the “Y” block, construction around the city, the rail relocation project and more.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
Ask the Mayor with Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder – Segment 4

Joey McLaughlin visits with Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder on the ‘Ask the Mayor’ segment on the WTAX Morning Newswatch, and discusses his election loss, his accomplishments, new faces on the Springfield City Council, the Scheels Sports Complex at Legacy Pointe, Hunter Lake, the “Y” block, construction around the city, the rail relocation project and more.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
Springfield Ward 1 Alderman Chuck Redpath

Joey Mclaughlin talks with Springfield Ward 1 Alderman Chuck Redpath about the Springfield City Council meeting, a new mayor and new council members, and the sports complex at Legacy Pointe.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
“Newsies Jr.” opens Friday at the Hoogland Center for the Arts

Joey McLaughlin talks with the assistant director of “Newsies Jr.” Kevin Hart about the show that opens on Friday at the Hoogland Center for the Arts.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski

Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski talks about her first 100 days in office, bipartisanship, the farm bill, rail relocation and care for our veterans and more.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
An update on tornado cleanup in Sherman

Joey McLaughlin talks with Sherman Director of Emergency Mangement, Mike Moos to get an update on the storm cleanup in Sherman and how listeners can help.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
“Exhausted Paint: The Death of Van Gogh” comes to the Hoogland this weekend

Joey Mclaughin talks with former Springfield Resident and founder of Capital City Improv with his wife Carly, Drew Stroud about a show he is bringing to Hoogland Center for the Arts called “Exhausted Paint: The Death of Van Gogh” this weekend.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
Two Men and a Truck is helping Sojourn Shelter this year with Movers for Mom’s

Joey McLaughlin talks with Travis Blaney with Two Men and a Truck about the Movers for Mom’s campaign which will this year benefit the Sojourn Shelter. This year Two Men and a Truck have teamed with Springfield State Farm Agent Mark Cortesi, and Mockingbird Bakery in Rochester.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
‘The Current State of A.I’ speech and discussion Thursday at UIS

Joey McLaughlin talks with University of Illinois Springfield director of economic development and innovation, Bruce Sommer, about an upcoming speech and panel with Doug Hamilton who is head of artificial intelligence (AI) research at Nasdaq and a UIS alum on ‘The Current State of A.I,’ Thursday April 13, 2023.

Morning Newswatch Podcasts
2 years ago
Get ready for Lucky Horseshoes baseball

Joey McLaughlin and Jane Cochran talk with Jamie Toole and Melissa Gaynor about the upcoming Lucky Horsehoe baseball season during the WTAX Morning Newswatch remote Broadcast at harvest market. Tickets are on sale now at shoesbaseball.com.