Ongoing Coverage:

Ryan Famuliner

Assistant News Director

Ryan Famuliner joined KBIA in February 2011. It’s his second stint at KBIA. His first was from 2005-2007, as a student studying broadcast journalism at the University in Missouri. In his spell outside KBIA, Ryan worked as a general assignment reporter and videographer at WNDU-TV in South Bend, IN and as a reporter and anchor at the Missourinet radio network in Jefferson City, MO. He’s won Edward R. Murrow Awards for his reporting in both television and radio.

Ryan and his wife Kelly are ecstatic to be back home in Missouri. Hailing from the Kansas City and St. Louis areas, respectively, Columbia is a fantastic place to compromise. They spend an unhealthy amount of time at flea markets and junk shops, and watching Mizzou sports and Major League Baseball. They’re about a third of the way through a nation-wide ballpark tour. Ryan’s also always up for a round of disc golf or a nickel-dime poker game.

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Business Beat
5:41 pm
Wed December 28, 2011

Debugging the Monsanto corn issue

Credit Photo courtesy University of Illinois / Read more: http://bulletin.ipm.illinois.edu/article.php?id=1569
This picture of severe rootworm damage was taken in September in a corn field in north-central Illinois.

This week: Rootworm is causing a headache for some farmers who thought they already had a fix for that problem. Plus, a university of Missouri study takes a look at the impact economic strains have on middle class families.

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Business
5:49 pm
Tue December 27, 2011

Commercial truck drivers face new limits

Credit Marcin Wichary / Flickr

The U.S. Department of Transportation is making changes that will limit the amount of time commercial truck drivers can spend on the road.

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Exam
4:00 pm
Mon December 26, 2011

Macon high schooler leads thousands

This week: The latest on the CPS redistricting process. Plus we’ll introduce you to a high schooler in Macon who has already started ‘climbing the ladder.’

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Business
12:59 pm
Fri December 23, 2011

Kirksville REDI hires middle school teacher as new director

Credit Photo from the Kirksville City Council website
Carolyn Chrisman

Kirksville Regional economic development, Inc has announced its new Director of Job Creation.

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AM Newscasts
9:37 am
Fri December 23, 2011

Newscast for December 23, 2011

KBIA file photo

Regional news from the KBIA Newscast, including:

  • Kirksville's Regional Economic Development, Inc. appoints a new Director of Job Creation
  • The University of Missouri system announces a new class recording policy
  • An update on infants being impacted by baby formula, after a Lebanon 10-day-old boy died this week
PM Newscasts
5:42 pm
Thu December 22, 2011

Newscast for December 22, 2011

Regional news from the KBIA newscast, including:

  • The Alyssa Bustamante trial has been scheduled for Jan. 30
  • Missouri's "streamflow gauges" appear to be safe as others are threatened across the country.

 

Business Beat
4:43 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

Digging up controversy

Credit Sydney Miller / KBIA
Barrett Materials' quarry in New Haven, Mo (seen here) is the only one the company owns currently. The company's proposed quarry in Belle, Mo. has prompted local residents to appeal to the Missouri Land Reclamation Commission

This week, our stories have to do with two different controversies surrounding going underground.: a new quarry, and "fracking."

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Education
5:43 pm
Tue December 20, 2011

Committee to recommend Plan B for CPS school boundaries

The Committee tasked with putting together a new plan for the boundaries of the Columbia Public School District has decided on its recommendation to the School Board.

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Exam
5:04 pm
Mon December 19, 2011

More on the University of Missouri's big changes

This week on the show: we dive in to the two biggest stories at the University of Missouri this year – the new UM system president and the move to the SEC.

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Education
4:09 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Chancellor Deaton talks specifics on SEC move

More than a month after the move was made official, University of Missouri Chancellor Brady Deaton spent an hour with reporters this afternoon to ‘de-brief’ the move to the Southeastern Conference from the Big 12.

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