Brian Sapp
Broadcast Media SpecialistBrian Sapp joined the WSIU News team in January 2025. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University. Brian has worked as a video journalist and producer at WSIL-TV (Carterville, IL), BayNews9 (St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL), and WSBT-TV (South Bend, IN).
Most recently, Brian worked for 14 years in education. He taught audio and video production to middle and high school students at Goshen Community Schools. He worked with his students to learn the basics of newscast production through GTV at Goshen High School.
Brian loves hearing people's stories and helping others learn about the people and culture surrounding them in their community.
You can reach Brian at 618-453-4316 or email him.
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Each year the Golden Apple Foundation honors 11 educators around Illinois with their Award for Excellence in Teaching. This year they honored Karen Engleman of Cobden Junior-Senior High School.The students and staff of Cobden Junior-senior high school filled the gym with cheers as family and consumer sciences teacher Karen Engleman walked in to a surprise assembly waiting to award her the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. -
JAX Mass Transit provides busing and transit services for all of Jackson County. Last year they began a 12 month comprehensive transit study. -
The 50th Great Cardboard Boat Regatta will take place Saturday, April 26th on Campus Lake at SIU. The race is a yearly staple at the university. To celebrate this milestone, we talked with Larry Busch who helped Richard Archer launch the race and has been involved since the beginning. We also talked Mary Kinsel who is the faculty advisor of Alpha Chi Sigma. The group organizes each years race. -
Last year in Illinois 13 people died in road construction zones. The Illinois Department of Transportation says 90 percent of those deaths are due to driver's actions. IDOT hosted an event Tuesday as part of Work Zone Awareness week.For many people on the roads each year, construction projects can feel like one more obstacle between you and your destination. -
It's a program that's been around for 50 years. Rebound in Carbondale is an alternative education program for Southern Illinois students. On Friday, they opened their doors to the community for a open house to help people understand their mission, and the students they serve. -
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The Jackson County Health department is celebrating 75 years since opening their doors on January 1st, 1950. As part of the celebration they hosted an open house at their office Thursday. -
We asked Illinois State Schools Superintendent to join us for today's In-Focus to dive deeper into issues facing education in Illinois. He talked about improvements in the teacher shortage, how the budgeting process is going for Illinois schools, and student proficiency. -
The Illinois state board of education is in the process of updating their student assessment and school accountability programs. As part of the process, State Superintendent Tony Sanders and his staff are touring the state to get input.
