Lukas Udstuen

LGBT Missourians are disproportionately impacted by various health problems according to the Missouri Foundation for Health’s August 2012 “Responding to LGBT Health Disparities” report. These statistics paint a picture of how LGBT Missourians experience the world.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Mo. auditor finds public defender system outdated
• University Hospital brings fMRI technology to mid-Mo.
• Columbia Public Schools re-examines school start times

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Akin chides gov't money tied to McCaskill's spouse
• MU, nearly 500 other universities aim to increase college grads [INFOGRAPHIC]
• FEMA to keep temporary housing in Joplin

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Akin tops $1 million in online donations for Mo. Senate
• Columbia School Board supports raising state's cigarette tax
• Mid-Mo. Pagans celebrate while they educate

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Debate heats up on Mo. cigarette tax increase
• Proposed ground rules aim to maintain Kirksville's historic character
• Mo. State Historical Society discovers letter written by Benjamin Franklin

The University of Missouri has rehired the ousted editor of the academic press it decided not to close. Clair Willcox is back in as editor-in-chief of the University of Missouri Press.

Some of his main duties will include managing the editorial department, serving as the acquisitions editor, and promoting the overall goals of the press.

Ned Stuckey-French helped lead the “Coalition to save the University of Missouri Press.”  French says the press has a long road ahead it and Willcox is the only one who can lead it going forward.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Akin holds back on details about abortion protest
• Kirksville City Council divided on replacing water meter systems
• Wind turbine built at MU

As a 5-piece band wound its way through an acoustic set of music, guests slowly shuffled into the “Inside the Walls” festival at the Missouri State Penitentiary. To the southwest, the main entrance to the prison towered over the festival.

Charles Vaughan used to live in a house across the street. He remembers the 1954 riots, which were the worst in the history of the penitentiary. Vaughan remembers his dad and brother were on top of a nearby building with guns.

“There was a big fire going on," he said. "My mom was keeping me in the house which upset me because I wanted to get on the roof and my mom was piling furniture right in front of the front door.”

But now the penitentiary looks much lonelier. Its paint peels. Some of its buildings have been torn down. In fact — of those that remain, some parts are even off limits to tours – this is due to a process Steve Picker calls “demolition by neglect.” He’s the former executive director of the Jefferson City Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Support dwindles for Amendment 3
• Mo. tobacco tax foes cite cost to cities, counties
• MU swings into Celebrate Ability Week

Columbia’s Historic Preservation Commission began accepting nominations for the city’s 2013 list of most notable properties. It will review nominations and select a diverse set of properties that contribute to the city socially or aesthetically. Properties must be at least 50 years old and can be privately or publicly owned.

Many properties have already been added to the list, so this year the committee is thinking outside the box in terms of what might be a notable property.