Radio show to discuss remains of old boats

The author of "Ghost Boats on the Mississippi" will be the featured guest today on KRCU's "Going Public" radio show.

Dr. Leslie Stewart-Abernathy will discuss the remains of old boats found on the bottom of the Mississippi River at West Memphis, Ark., in 1988.

The show will air at 3 p.m. on 90.9 FM, the region's Public Radio affiliate station located at Southeast Missouri State University. Tom Harte and Chris Schnell host the weekly public affairs show.