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Missouri voters will weigh five ballot measures Nov. 3, including proposals on abortion access, citizen initiatives, a state fund, sheriffs, and congressional maps.
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If you're in the Cape Girardeau area of Southeast Missouri like me, this week's day trip is a long haul, at about a 2.5-hour drive. But holy Ozarks, is it worth every gas station bathroom that you have to brave.
On this edition of the show, we talk with Kimberly Rueseler from University School for Young Children; Dr. Jim Daughter shares exciting news for the SEMO Marching Band and Dr. Jason Sides provides a preview of the mid-term elections.
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Though candy corn is available year round, 75% of its annual sales occur around Halloween. Thus each Halloween Americans buy some 35 million pounds of candy corn which works out to about 9 billion kernals.
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In this episode of 'Exposition: An Arts + Culture Podcast', we speak with two students involved with the Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance's production of 'The Play That Goes Wrong': Assistant Director Cailey Sharp and Actor Zoe Shurtleff. The play runs October 29th through November 1st at the SEMO River Campus.
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