Jim Leach
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PIO, Illinois Department of Public Health Former News and Program Director/Talk Show Host at WMAY
Springfield, IL
Joined October 2008
Wordle streak now at 300, and in spectacular fashion. Wordle 1,290 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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A powerful episode as @LtGovStratton shares her very real, very personal story of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s.
🎙️ New episode of #ThisIsPublicHealth out now! Hear from Director Vohra and @LtGovStratton as they discuss Alzheimer’s awareness and share powerful insights on caregiving. 💜 Listen now: https://t.co/ZhgmYLlwuv
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Today was my 1,000th game of Wordle, demonstrating everything I love and hate about it. Wordle 1,207 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Current streak: 217 All-time best streak: 250 Total record: 992-8
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I hope you'll check out the latest edition of #ThisIsPublicHealth here in the early days of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
🎙️ New #ThisIsPublicHealth episode out now! Join us as we talk with Phallisha Curtis, Chief of Women’s Health Services at IDPH and Halie, who shares her powerful story as a caregiver for her mom during her breast cancer battle. Listen now 🎧👇 https://t.co/D6sK8Ru1Cn
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It’s that time of year. Get important information on protecting yourself from fall respiratory illnesses with the @IDPH podcast, “This is Public Health.”
“COVID vaccines that are on the market are extremely effective in preventing serious infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. That’s important to know...They don’t necessarily prevent infection, they prevent severe disease.” Hear more 🎧👇 https://t.co/jNG3bgh6sP
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I forgot to share this yesterday… Wordle 1,083 2/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 And then check out today… Wordle 1,084 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’ve never done that two days in a row!
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Really excited to be working on this project. Kicking off "30 Days of Public Health" with a daily feature all this month, looking back at the history of public health in Illinois. Be sure to follow @IDPH and check our a new history minute every day in April!
Introducing the daily Public Health History Minute, a brand new addition for IDPH’s 30 Days of Public Health. Tune in to the first episode below: https://t.co/Q8onzgud16
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Not today, Wordle. Not today. Wordle 809 6/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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I, for one, am happy that Ryan Seacrest is finally gainfully employed.
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Well, it's in the newspaper. Guess there's no turning back now. https://t.co/ZAOziy7fpa
sj-r.com
Longtime WMAY-FM talk show host and news director Jim Leach is leaving radio for a State of Illinois job. His last day is Wednesday.
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By now I’m sure you’ve heard the news… …that I got ROBBED by Wordle today. Wordle 733 X/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Linguistic skill is important in Wordle, but it’s got nothing on one or two well-timed, extremely lucky guesses. Wordle 712 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Today was my 500th game of Wordle. My record is officially 496-4. Which I think is even better than the ‘85 Bears on a percentage basis. Wordle 707 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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This thread, and the accompanying article, tell an important story of how our local police department fought back against white nationalism in its midst, and is still working to regain the trust of the community. An essential read...
Hours after antifascists ID'd a Springfield, Ill., cop as a neo-Nazi, Chief Scarlette took action: “Remove his badge. Remove his gun belt. Remove his vest. His shirt." "He walked out of here in his pants & his undershirt.” One chief's fight against hate:
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A lot of Springfield folks will be interested in this.
Just watched @ChrisKattan come down to the pit in the middle of tonight’s @wilco show and propose to his girlfriend. They remained there while the band played I’m The Man Who Loves You. #RandomWilcoOccurrences
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My Wordle stats are a perfect bell curve (ignore the lone lucky guess in one; other than that, it’s kind of a textbook demonstration of standard distribution of guesses).
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While acknowledging that my team @XFLBattlehawks benefited from it today, I like the XFL rules that make 4th quarter comebacks more likely. It keeps the game exciting right up to the end (especially helpful when the first 57 minutes were kind of a slog. Kaw kaw!
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