Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including: The Republic School District announced that masks will be required during the upcoming school year. Parents will be meeting at the next school board meeting to discuss this issue. The meeting will be held Thursday, August 19th, at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Board Training Room - 518 N. Hampton. Meanwhile, Nixa also announced their back to school plan. The Nixa School Board is saying no to a mask mandate for the school district. Owners of Subway franchises are asking the company's bosses to pull adverts featuring soccer star Megan Rapinoe, because customers are complaining about her political activism. TIME’S UP co-founder Roberta Kaplan has resigned after an investigation into Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo found her implicated in helping discredit Cuomo’s accusers.