In this season premiere of Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan, Stephanie sits down with KBIA Morning Edition host Darren Hellwege to discuss "Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest. It's a rebellious track about running amok under the cover of night. The Donnas covered it in 2001.
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So far this year, 128 pedestrians have been killed — a troubling 22% increase over the same period in 2024.
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The new rule caps loans for grad students in what the Department of Education considers "non-professional fields," which includes nursing. -
UM System President Mun Choi met with Gov. Mike Kehoe to discuss efforts to combat crime in Columbia. -
The program provides a long-term look at water quality in some of Missouri's most famous lakes. It will end in 2027 after a state agency will no longer provide federal funding. -
Emery Sapp & Sons (ESS), partnered with St. Louis contractor Parsons Transportation group, will lead the reconstruction project. -
An Afghan man who fled the Taliban has been released from a Missouri immigration detention facility following a federal judge’s ruling. -
Missouri may not be known as a wildfire-prone state, but there have been more than 2,700 this year. One culprit is power lines.
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Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by their sweep and intensity. Karen Russell's The Antidote was her favorite. -
The FBI agents kneeled during a protest in 2020 not to reflect a left-wing political view, but to de-escalate a volatile situation, they say in court papers. The FBI fired them in September.
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The $441 million project between Rocheport and Columbia will include a third lane in each direction, 14 new bridge structures, new north and south outer road connections across Perche Creek and improvements to the interchanges between Route J and U.S. 63. -
Local children's book author Aaron Fox is our guest today. Aaron has written four books, including 'How Truman Found His Roar'. (A great gift for your favorite youngster this Christmas!) December 4, 2025 -
Learn more about historic and primitive skills of survival on this weeks Discover Nature.
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Individuals with United Healthcare insurance are at risk of losing coverage at SSM Health providers. -
KVC Missouri oversees 159 foster care cases, it runs a therapeutic day school for 40 students, and it operates a psychiatric residential treatment facility for nearly 200 children annually - and all of that costs money. On today's show, Joe P. and Joe K. tell us about the 'Stuff the Jeep' fundraiser! December 3, 2025 -
The Missouri Department of Transportation anticipates a temporary closing of a driving lane on eastbound Interstate 70.
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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Paul Lux, the Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections, and Mark Earley, the Supervisor of Elections in Leon County. They spoke about how the lists of registered voters are already maintained in Florida, and about how the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE Act — a proposed piece of federal legislation that would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections — could impact that process.
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