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As Missouri's new distracted driving law goes into effect, local law enforcement tackles the challenges that come with it.

Columbia's first and only community radio station is celebrating 50 years. A commemorative book is in the works and needs photos and stories.

Ken Barcus, longtime Midwest bureau chief on NPR's National Desk, has died at age 67. He took great pride in countering stereotypes of the Midwest and in mentoring scores of young reporters.

Studies indicate bans disproportionately impact books about people of color and LBGTQ+ characters.

The partnership has not issued a new fact check since 2020. It only fact checked Schmitt once and found the claim it was looking into to be “mostly true.”

We should focus on raising wages and benefits — not cutting them.

I’ve spent a lot of time in the Home app since moving to North Carolina. I moved right after WWDC, so I’ve disassembled, reassembled, and reconfigured my home automation setup, all in the midst of testing the latest iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS betas. What I’ve learned is that the Home app’s new design is

Utopian societies popped up all over the United States in the 1840's and for one Ozarker, Columbia-based novelist Steve Wiegenstein, it was a chance for him to combine his love for an area of Missouri in which his family goes back 5 generations with his fascination for these 19th century egalitarian communities. He talks about his Daybreak series of novels with Diana Moxon and how the history of a legendary and terrifying guerilla fighter intersects with his own ancestors. And in Act Two of the show, Diana chats with metal sculptor, butch Murphy, who went from a career in the sanitized world of medicine to a retirement of rust, oil and the grime of scrapyards. Opening and closing musical credits with thanks to guitarist Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com).

I first encountered the phrase “hillbilly gothic” on a library website, of all places, one of those “if you liked X you might like Y” guides.

"We do advocate against the racist function of policing, [but] we focus equally on being present in the community, doing poetry nights, basketball park takeovers, and other community-building, life-affirming activities."

Kansas City Public Schools now emphasizes affordable housing as it offers schools for sale after they have closed.

We're launching I'm Really Into, a space to celebrate the things we love and what they say about the world. But we don't just want to share ours — we want to hear about yours, too.

A conversation with architecture and design critic Alexandra Lange on malls in America.

A coalition of more than 25 community organizations are asking St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones to map out a plan for reparations.

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Is it time for journalists to get off Twitter? One of the nation’s leading newspapers has made a presence on the social platform optional. We’ll talk about why, and what effects this could have on the quality of reporting and the safety of reporters. Also, Warner Bros. Discovery’s takeover of CNN and HBO, the collapse of Black News Channel and the USA Today’s innovative use of comic journalism. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.

There are many reasons that friends drift apart. What does it take to reconnect?

While the use of psychotherapy and antidepressants have shown vast improvement in some people who suffer from clinical depression, traditional treatment methods do not always work for everyone. That’s where transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, comes in.  TMS is a non-invasive form of treatment where an electromagnetic coil is placed on a patient’s scalp near…

I have to be in Hillsboro, Missouri tomorrow morning at 10:30 for the tooth extraction (quite a bit of a drive away), but the ride is rea...

Well hello, reporters! It’s that time of year again. RevEye My most popular post on Substack this year (kinda surprisingly to me) was also the most recent, RevEye! RevEye helps you avoid making an oopsie by checking if images have already been published online. This helps prevent you from b

According to him looking at website source code is a crime

“Why does it feel like we (are) all being set up for a large lawsuit???” one Missouri public health official wrote.

Rescuers climbed over the toppled wood and then reached one of the five horses inside, comforting the animal as it lay on the ground.

Richard King, owner of Cooper's Landing, reflects on his past experiences in Columbia's music scene.

I’ve been poring over the latest Kansas City Star circulation data, and everything I see leads me to believe one of two things is going on: Either management is not doing a good job of tracki…

We've got a crossposted episode for you this week: Mike recently joined The Cato Daily Podcast with Caleb O. Brown for a discussion about the "hacking" fiasco in Missouri and the state's treatment of the journalists who exposed its...