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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Veteran band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils emerged from Springfield, Missouri in the early 1970s and drew on a broad spectrum of American music. More than 50 years into its career, the group continues to write and record new music and make new fans. KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin recently spoke with the band's Michael "Supe" Granda and has more.

Plus more on these stories:

  • The Sedgwick County Commission will discuss funding for an emergency winter shelter next week, after voting Wednesday to defer the discussion.
  • A new report by United Ways of Kansas shows nearly 2 in 5 households in the state struggle to afford basic necessities.
  • A group lawmakers created to study special education in Kansas finally has a meeting date, after Republican leaders initially refused to do the committee's work.
  • The second-largest city in Kansas has dropped its ban on certain native plants including milkweed.
  • The Kansas Humane Society is hosting a free pet vaccine and microchip clinic on Saturday, November 11.
  • City of Wichita facilities will be closed or have different hours this weekend in recognition of the Veteran’s Day holiday.

Producers: Beth Golay and Lu Anne Stephens
Editors: Beth Golay and Tom Shine
Contributors: Jedd Beaudoin, Rose Conlon, Celia Hack, Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Suzanne Perez, and Taliyah Winn
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Karlee Cooper

Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans.