Show Me Today - The Voice of Missouri

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and top law enforcement chose Kansas City, Missouri to announce a national crackdown on business and benefits fraud.

Missouri U-S Attorney Matt Price explains to Ashley Byrd the work they are doing and why the top brass came to Missouri.

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A backyard discovery that may be one in hundreds of millions to lay eyes on. That is exactly what Heather Hardy found in her own backyard. A white and black monarch butterfly.

Cameron Conner speaks with Heather Hardy about the discovery, and Tad Yankoski, Senior Entomologist at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, chimes in to discuss this find’s rarity.

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If you follow sports betting, July's numbers in Missouri may have caught your attention. Wagering was down, but sportsbook revenue actually increased.

To help make sense of those trends and what the football season could mean for Missouri bettors, Matt Pilger visits with RotoWire Senior Editor Thomas Leary.

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The Show-Me State Air Show in Jefferson City will honor veterans for the 35th Anniversary of Desert Storm and the 25th Anniversary of the Afghanistan War this weekend.

Ashley Byrd talks with Director Penny Smith.

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A new college football rivalry kicks off this weekend, and this one comes with a little more history than your typical football trophy.

Eureka College in Illinois and Westminster College in Fulton are launching the Berlin Wall Bowl, a new annual rivalry built around the remarkable connection both schools have to Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill, and the Cold War. Churchill delivered his famous Iron Curtain speech at Westminster, while Reagan graduated from Eureka College and delivered his famous “Tear down this wall” speech in Berlin in 1987. The inaugural Berlin Wall Bowl is Saturday at Eureka, with Westminster looking to bring the trophy back to Missouri.

Joining Show Me Today are Timothy Riley, director and chief curator of the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College, and Dr. Jessica Brown, Westminster’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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Andrew County may be best known for its small towns and rural way of life, but there’s a lot of history packed into that corner of Northwest Missouri. The Andrew County Museum in Savannah preserves that history through exhibits, artifacts, genealogy, educational programs, and some creative events.

Bill Pollock visits with Katie Fields, museum executive director, to find out what people can discover when they walk through the doors.

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If you're looking for a fun Missouri getaway, you might want to put Hannibal on your list. The Mississippi River town is best known as the boyhood home of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, and you can explore the places and people that inspired some of his most famous stories. But Hannibal is much more than Mark Twain. Historic sites, caves, riverboat cruises, scenic views, shops, restaurants, and plenty of unusual Missouri history await discovery.

The Accidental Ozarkian, Barbara Baird, joins Show Me Today to talk about what makes Hannibal worth a visit and how you can make the most of a day there.

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Rural areas of Missouri may have a shortage of legal help. That is the concern of the legal profession in Missouri, represented by the Missouri BAR.

Shelly Dreyer of the BAR explains to Ashley Byrd their efforts to find out more – and why.

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Driving through the rolling hills of the Ozarks, getting sprayed by the wake on a board or tube as you get tugged behind a boat, helping a neighbor, or simply sitting down to enjoy each other’s company with a cup of coffee on the porch. The most important thing? The community and conversations those memories are worth coming back for.

Creator Tony Michaels sits down with Cameron Conner to outline the new program “Five Minutes In America” and why the fictional town of Coffman’s Landing feels so close to home.

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Congress is back in Washington after its August recess, with government funding, the debt ceiling, and concerns from Missouri cattle producers all on the agenda.

Matt Pilger spoke with Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver about those issues and what lawmakers will be focusing on in the weeks ahead.

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