This year (2022) KBIA celebrates its 50th anniversary - the station first went on air in May 1972.To mark that milestone our reporting team reached out to alums across the country and in a wide range of media. We spoke with them about the work of journalism and their memories of KBIA.The 50 Project was made possible through the support of our sponsors, long-term KBIA listeners David Black and Lee Wilkins.
Jason Jarvis spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at Paquin Towers in Columbia in March. He spoke about fire safety and how guardians can have meaningful and helpful conversations about safety with kids – especially heading into the 4th of July holiday.
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Army, Air Force and reserve members will be providing free medical, dental and vision care in Ava, Eminence and Houston through July 8.
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The intersection where the speeding train collided with a lumbering truck has drawn complaints for years. Now the widow of the dump truck driver killed in the Amtrak collision in Missouri is suing a railroad inspector and the county where the collision occurred.
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The St. Louis and St. Louis County health departments are urging people who are pregnant to get tested for syphilis so they do not pass it to their children. Missouri last year reported the highest number of congenital syphilis cases in the state since 1994.
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Local governments can lose state or federal funding if they don’t enforce rules on unauthorized public camping, sleeping or obstructions of sidewalks. National organizations are urging HUD’s general counsel to weigh in on whether the measure violates federal policy and law.
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Gov. Mike Parson used a Tuesday visit to St. Louis to thank nonprofits he helped support with additional funding in the 2022 budget.
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Derges, an assistant physician, was elected in November 2020 to represent Christian County. Missouri law requires her to forfeit her office once she is sentenced.
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For abortion-rights defenders, the fall of Roe v. Wade was a disaster in slow motion. That made the blow no less painful. Thirteen people with personal connections to the issue share their stories.
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The increase in nonwhite Americans identifying as vegetarian and eating less meat is part of the longstanding work of vegan activists of color to make plant-based eating more accessible.
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Two teenagers bonded over high school Model United Nations. A decade later, one is in self-exile. The other waits for her and their other friends to return to the Hong Kong they once knew.
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This summer, Giving Song, LLC, is launching a ukulele band to help veterans cope with PTSD. That's just one of many programs music therapist ELLISA MORRIS tells us about in her first appearance on our show. Making her second appearance, Local Motion (formerly PedNet) chief development officer ANNETTE TRIPLETT talks about the 'CoMo Livable Streets' campaign that launched yesterday and is in need of your help! At the end of today's show, we say a fond farewell to our longtime audio engineer, Aaron Hay. (2:52) July 1, 2022
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Feeling patriotic? One of Thomas Hart Benton's masterpieces, 'Embarkation - Prelude to Death', is on display today and everyday at the Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia. Curator of art collections, JOAN STACK, tells us the story behind this now 80-year-old war-themed painting. June 30, 2022
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The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson overturned abortion rights protected under Roe v. Wade. On this week’s program, we talk about how it was covered, who’s voices were – or weren’t – heard, and how it reignited the debate over journalists’ objectivity. Also, breaking down a ‘surprise’ hearing of the January 6 Committee, and giving credit to journalists working behind the scenes. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
Santiago Olazábal — Indiferencia
Santiago Olazábal has mounted 43 solo exhibits and participated in more than 200 group and invitational exhibits and is featured in the Sager | Reeves May Exhibit
Santiago Olazábal has mounted 43 solo exhibits and participated in more than 200 group and invitational exhibits and is featured in the Sager | Reeves May Exhibit
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