Brian Pepoon

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Deaf Association wins lawsuit against state of Missouri for failing ADA standards
• Statewide meetings discussing future of Missouri's transit start next Monday
• Columbia Public School students will pay more for lunch in 2012
• Insurer's lawsuit against state of Missouri's new Medicaid program dismissed
  

Regional news coverage from the KBIA news room, including:

• Flash floods hit Boone County, but with little impact
• Missouri S&T backs same-sex partner benefits for faculty
• Governor Nixon pushes lawmakers to pass budget
• Missouri may get a new slogan

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• A local Kirksville grocer shuts down for good
• Missouri lawmakers considering allowing casinos to loan money to their patrons
• Columbia residents unsure of future of neighborhood trees
• Kirksville shows highest growth of any NE Missouri city
• University of Missouri hosting Rwanda symposium for public
  

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Massive cleanup in Columbia by way of volunteers
• Bill that planned to aid higher education may not be too helpful
• St. Louis lawyer joins Fmr. Governor Roger Wilson in indictment
• Supporters of USPS rally in Columbia
• MU students lost over the past year are remembered
• Army Corps of Engineers say bigger reservoirs would not have mattered
  

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Jerry Sandusky trial making waves in Missouri
• MU School of Medicine expanding in southwest Missouri
• More funding for Columbia Public School system
• Lake of the Ozark police looking to add new officer
• City of Columbia opening a hazardous waste facility
• Missouri Senator Roy Blunt backing Romney
  

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• More proposed changes to Columbia's EEZ
• Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment receives check
• MU Professor Emeritus of Anthropology makes new discovery in Peru
• Deadly bat disease white nose syndrome found north of St. Louis
• FTC finalizes and approves merger of two pharmaceutical companies
  

This week on the show, you’ll hear from a couple of the candidates running for the school board here in Columbia. In Tuesday’s election, voters will pick two of the four candidates, who will each serve three year terms.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• A lawsuit between southeast Missouri farmers and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• A battery acid leak affecting Columbia Police Department and Joint Operations
• Missouri Gaming Commission new rule regarding casino exclusion list
• More corn planted this year since end of Great Depression
• State Auditor Schweich releases report about misuse of federal funds

A battery acid spill this morning resulted in fire crews being called to a generator room that provides power to Joint Communications and the Columbia Police Department.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• A victory for Missouri voters
• Zebra mussels found near Kansas City
• St. Charles County reschedules their caucus
• Senator Claire McCaskill will run for re-election
• Jefferson City Memorial Airport gets federal funds for repairs
• A Mexico ambulance service will be postponed due to infrastructure issues
• A new bill proposes a tax hike in cigarette sales