A jaw-dropping moment on the Missouri River turned into the catch of a lifetime for Wally Klein, who reeled in an 86-pound blue catfish near Saint Charles.

What started as a quiet day on the water doing some studying quickly turned into a battle that sent books flying and Wally grappling with this monster all by himself.

Once Wally got the whopper in the boat, he thought, “What now?” Wally shares his hilarious story of calling Conservation and trying to get his dad to come out and take a picture!

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Here’s a great story to tell at parties: Going into a freezer for a week to massage 600 pounds of butter into a life-sized cow.

It’s a thing – every year for the Missouri State Fair’s butter sculpture artist. Alisa Nelson talks to Ander Weis, who has been making masterpieces out of butter for the past five years.

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Archeologists from Missouri State University were excited to find a plantation site near Springfield from the frontier era in the Ozarks.

The Director of the program, Kevin Kupka Head, tells Ashley Byrd about how both the region and the time period are not studied enough.

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American brewers are toasting a tax cut that’ll soon be coming to Missouri, and farmers could be one of the largest beneficiaries.

State Representative Dane Diehl joins Marshall Griffin on Show Me Today.

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Applications are pouring in from potential students, hoping to fill in-demand jobs in Missouri.

State education officials say interest is growing in the Fast Track grant program, which helps adult students pay tuition and fees.

Sue Danielson is joined by Leroy Wade, Deputy Commissioner of the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development.

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Barbara Baird, known as the Accidental Ozarkian, explores the hidden gems of Missouri’s Ozarks with rich history and fascinating stories.

Today, she takes us to Monett, Missouri, a small town along Highway 60 between Springfield and Joplin, home to the striking Freedom Silo, a towering work of art, and the talented artist who brought it to life.

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A PhD candidate at the University of Missouri is using AI to help track the pattern in which invasive pear trees grow.

He hopes the model can be developed into a resource for numerous invasive plant species.

Research project analyst and graduate student Justin Krohn discusses his research on Show Me Today.

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Missouri has a severe shortage of child care workers, and part of the problem is low wages and no benefits.

Alisa Nelson talks to Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware of Missouri, who says a new initiative will provide health benefits to support 51 child care educators in five Missouri counties – a low-cost option that all Missouri childcare providers could use to recruit workers.

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