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There has been an uptick in organ donation after the story of Mizzou Football player Johnnie DJ Jones of getting a heart transplant. KMOX's Debbie Monterrey goes in depth with Amber Carriker at Mid-America Transplant.

KMOX Media Expert Julie Smith tells Megan Lynch about the Upward app.

Debbie Monterrey talks with Beth Braznell about her solo trip to Mongolia and being detained by Chinese government.

We get more from KMOX reporter Jade Aubrey and Capitol News Illinois reporter Maggie Dougherty.

Chad Merrill, Senior Meteorologist, AccuWeather joins Megan Lynch to take a look at what the upcoming winter could look like in the Midwest.

Marc Gordon, Executive and Artistic Director, Chamber Music St. Louis joins Megan Lynch to talk about the non-profit and their take on music.

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KMOX's Jade Aubrey talks with Capital News Illinois Reporter Maggie Dougherty about how sports betting is the fastest growing way to bet.

Peter Greenberg, KMOX Travel Expert and host of Peter Greenberg Worldwide says Thanksgiving and Christmas fares are a 10-year high, 'be prepared to pay for,' those higher rates that are going up 35 daily.

Megan Lynch looks back on the stories making headlines on KMOX this week.

St Louis County Councilwoman Shalonda Webb is the chair of the budget committee for the county. She joins Megan Lynch following County Exec Sam Page's recent budget proposal which calls for drastic cuts and dips into reserve funds. 'We're going to be the adults in this conversation,' says Webb about making decisions on cuts in the budget and the possibility of another use tax presented to voters....

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Anita Brikman, President & CEO, of the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association, joins Megan Lynch. She explains the various uses for plasma, and the call for donations. She is noting International Plasma Awareness week. plasmaweek.org

St. Louis police are back in court over Missouri's open records law. Earlier this year, a city judge ruled the department purposely broke that law by withholding records from the Post-Dispatch. Now the department is facing a new lawsuit, and Dave Roland, director of allied litigation for the Goldwater Institute, explains why to KMOX's Michael Calhoun.

KMOX's Michael Calhoun talks with Ray Roskos, an organizer at the Illinois Federation of Teachers, about teachers' overwhelming vote to approve a new contract.

Get the full story from KMOX reporter Jade Aubrey, Florissant Police Chief Timothy Fagan and Florissant Crisis Intervention Detective John Williams.

Pharmacy student Kylie Harris joins Megan Lynch. She's a student at UHSP St Louis College of Pharmacy, and will be participating in a walk-through clinic offering free Flu and Covid vaccines. She points out that pharmacists play, 'such a huge role,' in medicine. The event runs between noon and 4pm on Friday, October 9 on the College of Pharmacy campus in the Central West End.

Law enforcement officials in St. Louis are taking a new approach to behavioral health crisis intervention. We get more from KMOX Reporter Jade Aubrey. She visits with Detective John Williams.

Are home buyers more interested in Adjustable Rate Mortgages? Nik Bundalo, a finance lecturer at the SIUE School of Business joins Megan Lynch to explain. He says there are pros and cons versus fixed rate mortgages.

St Ann Mayor Amy Poelker was a vocal opponent of the Better Together proposal that would have merged St Louis City and County into one large regional government. That idea to 're-unite' the City and County was pulled from consideration in 2019 due to public outcry, including Poelker's. Now, she says after studying Louisville, Kentucky's merge, she says an outcome like that could work here. Michael...

Debbie Monterrey visits with Molly Rockamann Korte, EarthDance Organic Farm School Founder in Ferguson, MO. EarthDance's produce can be found at the Ferguson Farmers Market.

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Debbie visits with TV Guide's Matt Roush. 'Cupertino' on CBS is 'my favorite new show of the fall,' says Roush of the network show that deals with the legalities of AI. 'It deserves to be on network tv,' continues Roush. Plus Josh Hartnett & Ben Affleck news.

What is happening with Homer Phillips in North St Louis? KMOX's Sean Malone explains the backstory to Megan Lynch.

KMOX Legal Analyst Brad Young joins Megan Lynch and takes a look at a deadly van crash in East St Louis which killed a Belleville West student and a student who's suing St Louis Public Schools after being suspended over a Snapchat message.