Newscast for January 6, 2012

KBIA | By Scarlett Robertson

Published January 6, 2012 at 5:21 PM CST

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

The state of Missouri is creating more than $3.3 million dollars in grants to help north Missouri communities repair flood-damaged Missouri river levees
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing $20 million to help rebuild a Joplin hospital that took a direct hit the May tornado
Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley has added members to a House education committee who have supported efforts to overhaul the state's public school system
Pope Benedict the sixteenth is elevating St. Louis native Timothy Dolan to Cardinal

Scarlett Robertson

Scarlett Robertson joined KBIA as a producer in February 2011. She studied psychology at Lake Forest College and holds a masters degree in journalism from Syracuse University. Scarlett began her professional career in psychology, jumped to magazines and then came to her senses and shifted to public radio. She has contributed to NPR member stations WAER in Syracuse, KUT in Austin and Chicago’s WBEZ.

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