Episodios

  • Lorry Myers: 'I love to see the young people that grew up here move away and come back ...'

    Lorry Myers: 'I love to see the young people that grew up here move away and come back ...'
    May 16 2025
    Lorry Myers spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Centralia Public Library in November. Myers is a fourth-generation resident and a columnist for the Centralia Fireside Guard. While she loves the community aspect of the town, she says she’s worried about how specific tax boundaries are affecting public infrastructure, like the Centralia Public Library.
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  • Chris Cox: 'I don't think we're that far apart'

    Chris Cox: 'I don't think we're that far apart'
    May 16 2025
    Centralia Mayor Chris Cox spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Centralia Public Library in November. He’s got deep family roots in the community, and is approaching six years in the mayor’s office. He believes Americans should focus more on what we’ve got in common.
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  • Paul Million: 'It's just like our family.'

    Paul Million: 'It's just like our family.'
    May 16 2025
    Paul Million spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Centralia Public Library in November. He's a life-long Centralia resident and family man who just welcomed his second grandchild into the world. He’s also a man of faith, and lover of small town life.
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  • Carol Maher: 'I'm happy to live in my little bubble on my little farm.'

    Carol Maher: 'I'm happy to live in my little bubble on my little farm.'
    May 16 2025
    Carol Maher spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Centralia Public Library in November. She’s newly retired after a long career in education, including 20 years as a school superintendent. Now, she’s enjoying small-town life in her farmhouse between Hallsville and Centralia.
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  • Charlotte Wolpers Craig: “Southeast Missouri has long been a tremendously underserved area in terms of rescues for animals."

    Charlotte Wolpers Craig: “Southeast Missouri has long been a tremendously underserved area in terms of rescues for animals."
    Dec 26 2022
    Charlotte Wolpers Craig spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum in Poplar Bluff in July. She spoke about growing up in the area, and one of her lifelong passions – helping animals. She helped found the Animal Welfare Alliance of Southeast Missouri, which opened a no kill shelter earlier this year.
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  • Mike Shane: “The newspaper – they wanted weekly articles about museum exhibits, and so, I got voted to write those articles."

    Mike Shane: “The newspaper – they wanted weekly articles about museum exhibits, and so, I got voted to write those articles."
    Dec 19 2022
    Mike Shane spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum in Poplar Bluff in July. He's a writer and spoke about some of the stories from his book, “Tall Tales: Stories from the Poplar Bluff Museum.”
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  • Sue Crites Szostak: “As I grew up, I found out that books were my passion because they took me anywhere I wanted to go.”

    Sue Crites Szostak: “As I grew up, I found out that books were my passion because they took me anywhere I wanted to go.”
    Dec 12 2022
    Sue Crites Szostak spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library in July. She's the director there and spoke about how books have shaped her life.
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  • John Stanard: "The Daily American Republic’ is the successor after many, many names of the first newspaper in Butler County.”

    John Stanard: "The Daily American Republic’ is the successor after many, many names of the first newspaper in Butler County.”
    Dec 5 2022
    John Stanard spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum in Poplar Bluff in July. He spoke about his family’s long history with the newspaper industry in the area.
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