Summersville Girls Basketball took 3rd Place at the 2023 State Tournament this year in Class S. Big Jake sits down with the coaches to recap the amazing run for the Lady Wildcats.

 

The Legendary Trace Adkins joins Big Jake's show to chat about his new song, “What Color’s Your Wild” which is out now. Official music video premiered on CMT and Trace performed on the TODAY show. Adkins has been out on the road with Blake Shelton for the Friends & Heroes tour, then kicking off his own headlining What Color’s Your Wild tour with the Wolfe Cattle Company/Cord McCoy Extreme Bull Bash show on Saturday, 3/29 in Du Quoin at the Southern Illinois Center! Trace is also appearing at the Opry 100 celebration, airing Wednesday night on NBC. He makes mention of his cameo in the movie, Day of Reckoning which releases in theaters next Friday, 3/28. Get your tickets to see Trace Adkins in Du Quoin at wolfecattlecompany.com or listen to 94.1FM, WMIX for more chances to win!

 
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Natalie Shook with the United Way of South Central Illinois was in studio on the Morning Show to talk about the 3 new programs UWSCI is offering. The United We Give, United We Read and the Hunting Program. Also, Trivia Night is coming up Saturday, November 23rd, get all the details here.

 
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Whitney Hodge joins Big Jake's show to discuss the importance of CASA to Jefferson County as well as their upcoming Fried Chicken Dinner Fundraiser this weekend. Learn more about CASA and how you can become an advocate for foster children in Jefferson County via this interview!

 

We are in serious need of foster parents in this area! However, just because fostering may not be the right fit for you, doesn't mean there aren't other ways to help!

As of 7/31/24, there are 176 Jefferson County children in foster care. Only 92 of those children have a CASA Advocate. The #1 reason that we are not serving 100% of the children is due to a lack of volunteers.

Our volunteers spend an average of 5-10 hours per month advocating for a foster child or set of siblings. Those hours would include meeting with the child monthly, maintaining contact with the caseworker, service providers and CASA supervisor and attending court hearings and case meetings when needed. The CASA advocate is the eyes and the ears for the judge outside of the courtroom and the voice for the child in the courtroom. A New Advocate Training class will begin in October!

 
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