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Former HTVers share their musical talents for this first-ever "Bay 11 Concert." We take a break from our coverage of the coronavirus to let alumni from the Hillcrest broadcast program introduce thems…

Students sound off about taking classes from home during the 2020 coronavirus outbreak. Hear teens from around the Ozarks, and from two of our Bay 11 staffers.

Dan Arnall lives and works in Manhattan. He helped start HTV at Hillcrest in the fall of 1989, and co-anchored our first show. Now he works for NBC News at 30 Rockefeller Center, in the heart of the …

Senior Madison Letterman tells the story of her severe knee injury, suffered just before spring break, and how the coronavirus has delayed much-needed surgery to repair the damage.

Seniors at Hillcrest talk about the loss of pretty much everything they were looking forward to this spring. Then a specific group of seniors, drama students who had been rehearsing since January for…

Hillcrest teacher Jessica Barnes talks to William about how she and others are preparing to resume school online next Monday. Then Jason Morrow, an HTV Hall of Famer from the class of 1996, checks in…

On the day school was supposed to resume, William and a friend walk around his neighborhood, where it was eerily quiet on a warm spring day. Anna recommends streaming one of her favorite movies, with…

First we hear from Holly Theriot, a former HTVer who has lived in Seattle since 2006. She talks about her community pulling together during the worst of times. Then on her first day back from her lon…

A former Hillcrest broadcaster, Chandler Reed, answers William's questions about life in San Francisco right now, where they are sheltering in place. Then Anna's road trip winds through South Dakota,…

Episode 2: March 17, 2020: William reports from Seymour, MO, where it was the last day for schools there for a few weeks; Anna is traveling across Montana, and has some information on the availabilit…

Our three podcasters share what they are seeing and experiencing in this special Bay 11 series reported by Sophia Vaughn, Anna Daniel, and William Wehmer. Recording on their cell phones, this is firs…

She was raised deep in the drug culture, but never fell victim to it. The subject of Sophia Vaughn's profile in our first story talks about some of the things she witnessed as a child, and how she ov…

Former HTVer Karl Dawson lives and teaches in Wuhan, China. But due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, he is back in the U.S., quarantined, unsure when he will return to the city of 11 million. He t…

Our Sophia Vaughn and her guest Jenn Jarvis are both huge Star Wars fans, but they agree to disagree about the latest film. Their discussion digs deep into J.J. Abrams' epic movie. Then our "First 30…

For this Bay 11 "Extra," we have an interview with a college coach, Caira Dortch, who shares insight and advice for high school girls hoping to play at the college level. Dortch was a volleyball star…

Hear how a street choir for members of the homeless community in Springfield is hitting the all the right notes. Anna Daniel reports. Then check out our look back at 2019 as Sophia Vaughn recalls som…

The journey Brandy Harris has taken to get where she is today is inspiring. She was a poor kid who moved around so much she had few friends, but then, high school happened, and she was on her way. He…