Jacob McCleland
Jacob spearheads KRCU’s local news effort. His reporting has been heard on NPR’ Morning Edition and All Things Considered, PRI’s The World, and Harvest Public Media. In addition to reporting, Jacob directs KRCU’s team of student reporters and producers.
Jacob graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2000 with degrees in Anthropology and Spanish. He spent three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama where he worked on sustainable agriculture projects and hosted a weekly agriculture radio program.
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A contentious non-binding referendum to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Johnson County, Ill. failed at the ballot box Tuesday night. Fifty...
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The debate over hydraulic fracturing is heating up again in rural Johnson County, Illinois. A group of residents there - including a member of the...
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Southeast Missouri State University announced Tom Matukewicz as its new head football coach on Thursday.The man known as “Coach Tuke” comes to Cape…
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Voters in Johnson County, Illinois will have a chance to voice their opinions about hydraulic fracturing at the ballot box. A group of Johnson County...
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About 175 people showed up for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' public hearing on hydraulic fracturing public hearing Tuesday night at Rend…
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About 1,400 people turned up for a weekend casting call in Cape Girardeau for a feature movie.The Southeast Missourian reports a casting company held a…
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Twenty-six young women from Farmington, Missouri will return to Radio City Music Hall later this month to perform on NBC’s America’s Got Talent.The group…
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Illinois Department of Transportation officials began collecting public information about a new interstate in southern Illinois at Shawnee Community…
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A little bit of Hollywood may be coming to Cape Girardeau to film 20th Century Fox's adaptation of the best-selling novel Gone Girl.City officials say the…
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One of the last remaining B-25 bombers is at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport this week. The B-25 known as “The Maid in the Shade” is on hand for this