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A new crime lab on the Southeast Missouri State University campus in Cape Girardeau aims to expand forensic services, increase the speed of evidence testing, and boost training across more than a dozen Southeast Missouri counties. The future site will be near 1221 Broadway Street, located next to the SEMO Athletics offices, with some space used in the same building.
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On this edition of the show, we talk with Shan Howard, Director of Regional campuses at SEMO and Dr. Linda Heitman stops by to tell us about an innovative online program that educates nurses about organ and tissue donation.
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