Weekday Morning Newscast: Thursday, April 21

By Chris Drew

Published April 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM CDT

Hear about the Ozark Poverty Research Conference happening on the MSU campus today and tomorrow, reporting on an expansion at the University of Missouri’s Springfield based school of medicine and news of a censure of a city councilman in Joplin.

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Chris Drew