Virus Update, Research Into Childhood Obesity and a Change for Chile Pepper Race

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published September 14, 2021 at 12:27 PM CDT

At the top of our show today, virus deaths in Arkansas continue, Arkansas Children's and UAMS continue to study childhood obesity, and the 2021 Chile Pepper festival races now span two days.

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