In this season premiere of Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan, Stephanie sits down with KBIA Morning Edition host Darren Hellwege to discuss "Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest. It's a rebellious track about running amok under the cover of night. The Donnas covered it in 2001.
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Nick Nack is transgender man who underwent top surgery. He spoke a little about the process and about the happiness and euphoria he now feels.
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The ballot measure also includes a ban on gender affirming health care for minors. Judges reissued the summary statement that voters will see on November 2026 ballots to make clear rights were being repealed, not newly established. -
The new rule caps loans for grad students in what the Department of Education considers "non-professional fields," which includes nursing. -
UM System President Mun Choi met with Gov. Mike Kehoe to discuss efforts to combat crime in Columbia. -
The program provides a long-term look at water quality in some of Missouri's most famous lakes. It will end in 2027 after a state agency will no longer provide federal funding. -
Emery Sapp & Sons (ESS), partnered with St. Louis contractor Parsons Transportation group, will lead the reconstruction project. -
An Afghan man who fled the Taliban has been released from a Missouri immigration detention facility following a federal judge’s ruling.
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This follows joint drills by Chinese and Russian strategic bombers and fighters on Tuesday that prompted Japan and South Korea to scramble planes to monitor them. -
President Trump says he's sending $12 billion in aid to American farmers who are reeling from global trade disruptions. Those include inflation and Trump's tariffs that are making fertilizer and farm equipment more expensive, and the President's trade war with China which closed a huge market for American soybean exports. -
Legendary NBA head coach Phil Jackson and sports writer Sam Smith talk about the stars who helped define the sport, including Jordan, Kobe, Shaq and "bad boy" Dennis Rodman.
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The drive-thru is open from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on weekends. -
Police Chief Jill Schlude warned residents about automated crime apps after a false AI-generated report spread on Facebook. -
Anderson Homes Foundation's "My First Home" initiative, in partnership with Love Columbia, has successfully helped seven families become homeowners in the last year and a half. AHF president Mark Briley: "We've put $430,000 of equity into just those seven families' future because of the "My First Home" initiative, and that just gets me excited every day." December 11, 2025 -
The trend of adaptive reuse is a step toward solving the issue of housing and abandoned buildings. -
A Columbia resident will soon be deported to the Netherlands after a judge issued a lifetime ban on returning to the United States. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Missouri's request to restrict the use of food stamps for the purchase of some junk food items.
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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Eduardo Repilloza Fernández. He’s the Director General of Transparencia Electoral, an election organization in Latin America that is working to promote and protect democracy through election observation, research and training.
They spoke about the work of the organization, the focus the organization has placed on data privacy for individual voters and about how the work of the organization is important to the security of democracy in the region.
They spoke about the work of the organization, the focus the organization has placed on data privacy for individual voters and about how the work of the organization is important to the security of democracy in the region.
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