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Four Redhawk track & field athletes earned OVC weekly honors this week ahead of the conference championship meet being hosted in Cape Girardeau.
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Frank’s passion for history and storytelling is well-known by KRCU listeners. They’ve listened along since 2006 as Frank shared stories from the rich history of southeast Missouri.
In this episode of 'Exposition', we speak with iconic rock-country explorer Andy Tanas—he was originally scheduled to play Fri. May 16th, at 'Tunes at Twilight', but the event was cancelled due to the threat of severe weather. But you can still listen to the interview to hear what he's been up to lately, and maybe catch him at another concert in the future.
On The Menu gives you a taste of what cuisines, beverages, and other gastronomic delights are trending, interesting, worthy of discussion, or what is simply on Quantella’s mind that she wants you to ponder. New episodes air on the third Wednesday of the month. Catch up on past episodes here.
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