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Thursday night, Drury University will host Dr. David Priess, former CIA officer and State Department desk officer. His talk will be on the history of the US president’s daily intelligence briefing—something he experienced firsthand. 

In his book, The President’s Book of Secrets, Priess gives readers an exclusive look into the president’s daily intelligence briefing and, more importantly, the people behind it.

There’s a program at Missouri State University that teaches community members how to notice and challenge racism.

The Facing Racism Institute at MSU is hosting a two-day workshop in Springfield. Businesses and individuals are welcome to attend. The workshops include dialogue and exercises.

A five-year-old Missouri girl hopes to reach a goal of having ice cream with every mayor in Missouri.  And Monday, she’ll get to sit down and enjoy the sweet treat with several mayors from across the state at the Missouri Mayors United for Progress meeting in Branson, part of the Missouri Municipal League annual conference.

Taylor Duncan, of Waynesville, says she wants to learn as much as she can about the state by meeting mayors of each city for ice cream.