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Sophie Proe/St.Louis Public RadioDr. Lúcia Lohmann is a world-renowned botanist. She’s coming back to her second home, St. Louis, to tackle the climate crisis and lead a community institution as the Missouri Botanical Garden’s first woman president. -
Nathaniel Brown/KBIAWhile Dr. Amy Knopps has been busy preparing Marching Mizzou for its trip to New York City to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, she's also been busy making a name for herself as one of only three female-identifying marching band directors in the SEC.
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Jordan Richards and Tracy Davis both work at The Center Project, an LGBTQ+ resource and community center for Mid-Missouri. They spoke about what Medicaid expansion – or a lack thereof – could mean for transgender Missourians. -
In the past year, times have been hard. We’ve all devoted a lot of our energy to staying safe and meeting basic needs. The abnormal has become normal as we are forced to adjust to the constant change of regulations and safety recommendations.
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Parents have been working overtime since the start of the pandemic. Many even took on the additional job of teacher when their children’s schools went online. But when it became clear that quarantine was going to last for a lot longer than two weeks, parents suddenly had to learn how to balance their new tasks long-term. -
As we've covered before on The Check-In, times have been hard over the past year. Many of us have suffered from financial hardship and social isolation in some form or another. We have also done our part to stay mentally healthy - and for that, it’s important to have fun.
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Steve Hollis and Darren Morton work closely together combating the issue of homelessness in Columbia. Hollis is the Human Services Manager of… -
Father Francis Doyle is the pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Columbia. He works closely with Deacon Michael Berendzen who coordinates the… -
It’s time to check your checking accounts - you might have been among the first Americans to receive their cut of the 1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package. Many of us will use this money for necessities - food, rent, gas - all essentials we’ve been worried about paying for over the last year. But what about your student loan payments? -
As stimulus checks begin to be deposited in the accounts of millions of Americans, one important aspect of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package sticks out: -
For maybe the first time on The Check-In, we may be able to say it: things just might be looking up. -
For maybe the first time on The Check-In, we may be able to say it: things just might be looking up.
