Kristofor Husted

Newscast for May 20, 2013

Kristofor Husted — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:40:45 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

Farm Bill hits the Senate floor for debate
Mo. lawmakers to study failed measures before 2014 session
Mo. Social Services Director Freeman resigns after 5 months

Conservation or ag land; climate change and Missouri wine

Kristofor Husted — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:37:03 +0000

With a new farm bill, farmers may have access to fewer dollars for conservation. For 27 years, the popular Conservation Reserve Program has transformed small parcels of land, contributing to cleaner water, more habitat for migrating birds and less soil erosion. But as Harvest Public Media’s Amy Mayer reports from Iowa, the program has been enrolling fewer acres in recent years and it’s not just budget cuts that could make it smaller still.

Mo. unemployment rate declines in April

Associated Press and Kristofor Husted — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:11:54 +0000

For the month of April, Missouri employers added more than 12,000 new jobs while the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent.

Endangered pallid sturgeon; new downtown grocery store

Kristofor Husted — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:54:34 +0000

Coming up we’ll hear about the new grocery store opening up show in downtown Columbia. But first, more than 20 years after being listed as an endangered species, the pallid sturgeon is just treading water in the Missouri River. Manmade channels, impounds and dams, commercial fishing and environmental contaminants all had been fingered in the demise of the species.

MU employee arrested for sexual misconduct, burglary

Kristofor Husted — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:12:51 +0000

Early this morning, Columbia police officers arrested MU employee Tyler D. Hack at the 1100 block of West Broadway for burglary and sexual misconduct.

Hack, 29, is listed as an assistant teaching professor in MU’s Parks, Recreation and Tourism department.

Officers say Hack entered a neighbor’s home through an unlocked door while the victim was sleeping. The victim woke up to Hack fondling his genitals.

“He recognized Hack because he lived in the area and he called the police at that time,” says Columbia Police Public Information Officer Latisha Stroer.

Rural Kansas tries to entice businesses; Community rallies to stop fort's job cuts

Kristofor Husted — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:23:13 +0000

Caleb Philips and Ethan Welty launched an interactive map last month that identifies more than a half-million locations across the globe where fruits and veggies are free for the taking.

Gluten-free diet trend; Gunther's Games reincarnated

Kristofor Husted — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:57:35 +0000