COVID-19

Columnist/activist/environmentalist KEN MIDKIFF has some thoughts on mask mandates in public schools, and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt's efforts to sue districts that enforce such rules. January 10, 2022

Local columnist/environmentalist KEN MIDKIFF hasn't been with us for awhile, that's because earlier this year he was diagnosed with a very dire case of COVID-19. On today's show, he shares with us his personal journey, from first discovering he had the disease to the ongoing recovery efforts. "The takeaway message is: get vaccinated." June 28, 2021

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.

The vaccine rollout has been good news for everyone and everything - even the stock market is happy; as ALEX LaBRUNERIE tells us, it's "hitting new…

More Missourians are becoming eligible to get vaccinated as the state opens up appointments to Tier 3. More than 21,000 people have been vaccinated in…

Monday marked the opening of the next tier for COVID-19 vaccination eligibility in Missouri. This week on Views of the News, how transparent is that…

For maybe the first time on The Check-In, we may be able to say it: things just might be looking up.

Lebanon city officials say the family of a police officer who died of COVID-19 is being denied workers compensation.The city says Officer Kendle Blackburn…

COVID-19 vaccine education and outreach are hard enough without a language barrier. But for Missouri’s Spanish-speaking immigrant communities, these…

Since our last episode of The Check-In, a lot has happened. It's 2021, we have a new presidential administration, and a new plan for rolling out vaccines for COVID-19. But how is the rollout going here in Mid-Missouri? Are you one of the more than 878,000 people to receive a shot, or are you still on a waiting list? How is it going for you?