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Missouri River Relief tackles Big Muddy cleanup

The group's fourth Big Muddy Clean Sweep returns, alongside a 25th anniversary celebration.

How a typhoon and peanut butter jars brought rare snails to St. Louis

The endangered humped tree snails have already had multiple babies in their new home at the St. Louis Zoo. Eventually, their keepers hope to rei…

Columbia offers new tip line for short-term rental complaints

At a Monday work session, City Council moved discussion on potential changes to the short-term rental ordinance to 2027.

Missouri Sens. Schmitt and Hawley differ on Trump’s demands to seize Greenland

While U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt is loudly supportive of the United States taking over Greenland and dismissive of the importance of the NATO allian…

The FAFSA is changing. Here’s how to apply for student financial aid

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid form — often referred to as the FAFSA — will go live by the end of the month, but that’s only becau…

While a rural shop succeeds, mid-Missouri's Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gets put on the back burner

Hispanic and Latino people own about two percent of Missouri’s small businesses. For the second installment of the ¿Dónde está mi gente? series,…

Melody Walker

Long-time public radio listeners may remember hearing Melody Walker sign off from Paris in the 1980’s where she covered arts, politics, gastrono…

Global Journalist: Ireland's Abortion Ban Under Pressure

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that he’ll nominate U.S. Supreme Court justices that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case th…