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Dan Zaralenga from the Missouri Department of Conservation tells KMOX's Jade Aubrey about a state program running through July that is offering money for native seeds. This month, the Missouri Department of Conservation is buying ripe black cherry and wild plums seeds from Missourians.

KMOX Travel Editor Peter Greenberg, host of Peter Greenberg Worldwide airing weekends here on KMOX joins Megan Lynch to discuss July 4th traffic and August air travel.

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Steve Christensen, who brought Scoop School to the St. Louis region, is the Executive Director of the North American Ice Cream Association based in Wildwood. He joined Megan Lynch. 'People don't go to an ice cream shop to get ice cream,' says Christensen, they're going for a 'feeling.'

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Debbie Monterrey is joined by Emily Young of Stream Teams United about the movement to create a cleaner spaces with a plastic free July.

Ben Szalinski, Statehouse Reporter for Capital News Illinois, has been following the race for the Governor's Mansion in Illinois. One of the challengers is utilizing artificial intelligence in their campaign. 'Darren Bailey is doing it the lazy way,' say people associated with Illinois Gov JB Pritzker's campaign, Szalinski tells Megan Lynch.

CNET’s Principal Writer Katie Collins, joins Megan Lynch. Is your wearable technology repairable?

Bee expert Nicole Miller-Struttmann with Webster University and ecologist Adam Smith with the Missouri Botanical Garden, join Megan Lynch. Is your 'messy' garden actually better for bees? 'St Louis city actually has a very high bee diversity,' says Miller-Struttmann. 'There's actually over 200 species,' in St Louis she says. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

Dr. Charlotte Albinson is the medical director of Convenient Care and Virtual Care for the B-J-C Medical Group. She joins KMOX Health Editor Fred Bodimer with how to know if someone is being impacted by extreme heat.

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TV Guide's Matt Roush joins Debbie Monterrey with a preview of the television offerings over the Independence Day holiday weekend.

The 4th of July holiday is not just the celebration of the birth of a nation, it commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The actual US Constitution didn't get drafted until almost a decade later. Historian Jay Sexton is the Chair of Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri and director of the Kinder Institute, and he joins Debbie Monterrey.

KMOX Legal Analyst Brad Young joins Megan Lynch on the heels of several high-profile Supreme Court decisions. The first was a ruling on a Pres Trump executive order on birthright citizenship, allowed under the 14th Amendment. 'I do believe this resolves the issue,' says Young. A pair of states can continue to ban transgender women from participating in sports. 'Moving forward, if a state wants to...

St Louis CITY SC broadcaster Jen Siess is joined by three St Louisans with Bosnian lineage: Vedad Ibišević, a SLU alum who played soccer for the Bosnian national team, Balkan Treat Box co-owner Edo Nalic, and St Louis CITY SC assistant coach, Elvir Kafedžić. They're all proud of their Bosnian heritage, happy they have a community in St Louis and are excited to watch the USA play Bosnia and Herzego...

Peter Kastor, Professor of American History and American Culture Studies at Wash U, joins Megan Lynch. How did the American revolution come together? He says the revolution didn't have to happen, but 'It happened because people got upset in different places for different reasons.'

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St Louis CITY SC assistant coach Elvir Kafedžić moved to St Louis from Bosnia with his family in 1998. He joins CITY SC broadcaster Jen Siess as the USA is set to face Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday evening in the World Cup. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

KMOX's Jade Aubrey spoke with St. Louis Sewer District spokesperson Bess McCoy for an update on the ongoing sewer work under the I-44 overpass at Broadway and Biddle. That sewer line collapsed and caused the initial sinkhole which closed the interstate for several weeks. (Jade Aubrey Photo)

Cat Neville joins Megan Lynch in-studio. She explains how Explore St Louis is changing its direction to work to, 'bring people together.' 'We're right at the beginning of this journey,' says Neville, now the Executive Vice President of the Department of Community Engagement. She explains the importance of visitor dollars being spent in St Louis. 'There are so many different ways that people inters...

Kristin LaRose, Chief Nursing Officer for Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital joins Megan Lynch with a look at a unique summer camp being offered for the 2nd year. She says the kids at Ranken Jordan are facing complex medical issues making it, 'challenging to do traditional fun things.'

Sean Malone goes in-depth with attorney John Davis, a partner at Kessler-Williams LLC, about a first degree murder charge against a 10-year-old in the shooting death of a 7-month old.

Megan Lynch catches up with an all-female team of pilots from Saint Louis University that took part in the annual Air Race Classic. It's an all-woman, daylight-only race held each June that spans four days and 25-hundred miles. Sydney Nimerick, Jocelyn Ciotti and sophomore Isabella Castr.

Megan Lynch caught up with downtown developer and proponent Amos Harris. Harris helped open the National Blues Museum on Washington Avenue. The Museum shut its doors this spring, saying lack of foot traffic was a major issue.

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