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Terri Logan (right) practices music with her daughter, Amari Johnson (left), at their home in Spartanburg, S.C. When Logan's daughter was born premature, the medical bills started pouring in and stayed with her for years. Then, a few months ago, she discovered a nonprofit had paid off her debt.

This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started

Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.

Economy Adds Only 74,000 Jobs In December; Jobless Rate At 6.7 Percent

The unemployment rate is the lowest it's been since late 2008, but the labor force has shrunk. That could be a sign that many Americans still think there just aren't that many job openings out there.

31.4 million Americans are expected to bet $7.6 billion dollars on the Super Bowl

Kelsey Snell talks with HBO's Jon Frankel about the explosion of legal sports gambling and the professional leagues' embrace of it.

Afternoon newscast for November 22, 2021

A roundup of the afternoon's regional news stories

USA's players raise their sticks after winning the men's play-off semi-final ice hockey match between USA and Slovakia at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, on February 20, 2026. USA won 6-2.

After dominant 6-2 win, the U.S. will face Canada for Olympic men's hockey gold

In the semifinal, Slovakia had few answers for the American onslaught. Now, the U.S. men will meet Canada for a chance to win the team's first Olympic hockey gold since the "Miracle on Ice" back in 1980.

Paul Pepper: Robert Ricketts, ITCOMO, "Ad Blockers/Privacy Enhancers"

It's happened to all of us by now: a simple Google search results in an ongoing barrage of related ads despite, perhaps, a passing and/or waning interest in whatever it was we clicked on in the first place. So what can be done to pump the brakes? How do we get off "their" radar? ITCOMO's ROBERT RICKETTS has a few ideas. April 6, 2023

Paul Pepper: Drs. V. and Anand Chockalingam, "Happiness, Acceptance, and a Trip to Toronto"

Longtime guest and Truman VA cardiologist, DR. ANAND CHOCKALINGAM, is here with his father (all the way from India!), DR. V. CHOCKALINGAM, to tell us about an upcoming trip they're taking to Toronto later this month to present at the World Non-Communicable Diseases Congress (WNCD 2023). June 6, 2023

The Daily Blend w/ AC: Trent Rash, The Missouri Symphony, "Firefly Music Festival 2025"

MOSY executive director Trent Rash says the Firefly Music Festival will return on June 13 with a concert featuring guest artist Xavier Foley at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia. Find out about the rest of this year's diverse lineup on today's show! May 6, 2025

Why the post-Y2K era was a golden age for one-hit wonders

Rolling Stone has just put out its ranking of the top 50 one-hit wonders from the 2000s. Some of the songs might surprise you.

The January Lanterns perform on a stage with blue-green lighting. The duo are in the front standing behind microphones. There is a drummer, a bassist and a keyboard player behind them.

Episode 1: The January Lanterns

Andrew and Kristen Camp of The January Lanterns sat down with Connor McGovern to chat about all things on their latest album “For the Kids, When They’re Older,” released last January. With keen intention behind their lyrics and a deep rooted love for music and each other, The January Lanterns brought a gentle stillness to KBIA’s Studio B Sessions.

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