Episodes

  • Allan Shonk is the owner of Main Street Shirt Company in Arcola, Illinois.
    Nov 21 2024

    Allan explains the ever-changing nature of his successful business. He shares how the business of printing on clothing has changed. He also shares how important it is to have a cooperative relationship with other printing shops.

    Show more Show less
    59 mins
  • Amanda Perdomo, owner of La Luna Mexican Restaurant in Mattoon
    Nov 14 2024

    Amanda Perdomo shares the rewards and challenges of owning and operating a very busy and popular restaurant in Mattoon, Illinois. She and her husband Rene also have a food truck and catering business.

    Show more Show less
    36 mins
  • Kevin Schultz, owner of Pinky's
    Nov 7 2024

    Kevin Schultz gives insight to how he and his wife, Carrie, operate the very successful bar/restaurant on Lake Sara in Effingham, Illinois. They started as a seasonal operation, but with the addition of domes, now operate throughout the winter.

    Show more Show less
    48 mins
  • Teri and Ambrosia talk about the rollout of a new program called Circle of Care.
    Oct 31 2024

    Teri Moore and Ambrosia Branson share about an important new program for the State of Illinois. The program will help children throughout the state who have been impacted by substance abuse disorder.

    Show more Show less
    41 mins
  • Ramblin' Rose
    Oct 24 2024

    Meet 15-year-old performer and business owner, Emmerson Rose Henson, from Effingham, Illinois. Learn how she has been performing live since the age of 5 and discover her love of acquiring, collecting, and selling vinyl albums.

    Show more Show less
    31 mins
  • Facebook, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
    Oct 17 2024

    Wendy shares tips that she and Stacy learned about regaining control of her Facebook pages after they were stolen from her. She recounts the frustration in trying to get her pages back from hackers, who used her page to try to sell non-existent items to unsuspecting friends.

    Show more Show less
    43 mins
  • Entertainer Nancy Hays, Part 2
    Oct 10 2024

    Champaign, Illinois native, Nancy Hays, shares her music and her determination to tell the story of early Kentucky Derby Black jockey, Isaac Burns Murphy. Murphy, as well as many other early jockeys and trainers have been largely forgotten and their contribution to the early Kentucky Derby hidden and ignored.

    Show more Show less
    42 mins
  • Entertainer, Nancy Hays, Part 1
    Oct 3 2024

    Champaign, Illinois native, Nancy Hays has been deeply involved in all aspects of entertaining since she was a young girl.

    Show more Show less
    29 mins