Hour 2 opens with guest host Dan Buck and Kim St. Onge analyzing immigration enforcement updates along the U.S.–Mexico border. The hosts detail the dissolution of a 2,000-person Honduran migrant caravan heading toward the southern border following enforcement coordination between Mexican authorities and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
The St. Louis Morning Brief examines St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's proposed annual budget, which outlines drawing down $66 million in reserve funds, eliminating 139 positions, and funding the St. Louis County Police Department at $198 million. The report covers the arrest of a suspect accused of stealing copper and brass fire hydrant valves across North St. Louis, as well as updated Missouri Department of Social Services Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) documentation and work requirements.
Broadcast journalist Nicole Murray delivers the morning business report, covering federal court litigation involving SSM Health St. Louis and Sodexo, DSV Contract Logistics layoffs in North St. Louis, Boeing's four-year engineer union agreement, and national travel cost projections from Hopper.
On In Other News (sponsored by Zerorez St. Louis), the hosts share the story of 58-year-old St. Louis resident Michael Goessling meeting his biological father, Doobie Brothers singer Michael McDonald, alongside offbeat stories from Wyoming, Philadelphia, and Mississippi.
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Oct 02, 2026
