Weekday Morning Newscast: Thursday, August 21

By Chris Drew

Published August 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM CDT

Hears news of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce’s endorsement of an upcoming ballot measure, an IED detonated by the Springfield Fire Bomb Squad in Aurora this week and reporting on a death due to a brain eating infection in Missouri.

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Chris Drew