In this episode of 'Going Public', we speak with Christine Wielgos, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, in Paducah, Kentucky. The Fall 2026 Severe Weather Awareness Week is September 28 to October 2.

In this episode of 'Going Public', we speak with Christine Wielgos, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, in Paducah, Kentucky. The Fall 2026 Severe Weather Awareness Week is September 28 to October 2.

A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing.

A Missouri youth development leader says preventing disruptive teen gatherings requires communities to understand what motivates young people to participate in them. He believes the lingering effects of the pandemic are a pandemic of adverse behavior, and that mentoring, mental health support, and constructive activities should accompany accountability measures

With Missouri students back in class, work is underway to develop specialized training for armed school rangers. The optional program would allow districts to use paid or volunteer rangers trained specifically for active-shooter response, building security, and other school emergencies.

On this episode of KRCU’s 'Going Public', we speak with Susie Johnson, President of the Ste. Genevieve Chapter of 'Abide in Love'—a group that supports those who are detained and their families— about the work their group does and how ICE presence in the region might be seen after the detentions at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo.

On this episode of KRCU’s 'Going Public', we speak with Susie Johnson, President of the Ste. Genevieve Chapter of 'Abide in Love'—a group that supports those who are detained and their families— about the work their group does and how ICE presence in the region might be seen after the detentions at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo.

The chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work & Sociology is implementing more testing safeguards at SEMO’s Law Enforcement Academy after allegations of cheating on the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) exam earlier this year.

In Dec. 2025, Southeast Missouri State University’s Police Academy went under investigation for allegedly helping students cheat on the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) exam. The university released a statement addressing the allegations, where SEMO President Brad Hodson explained the university's actions following the allegations.

In this episode of 'Going Public', we speak with Leslie Washington, a local volunteer and advocate for the group 'Moms Demand Action', about the upcoming 'Wear Orange' weekend, June 5th through the 7th, which honors the victims and survivors, and amplifies awareness of America's gun violence crisis.