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Flight to COU diverted back to Dallas

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An American Airlines flight to Columbia from Dallas was diverted back to Texas Tuesday after a de-icing truck malfunctioned at Columbia Regional Airport. Flight 5011 left Dallas Fort Worth International Airport at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday...
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Task Force 1 in Kentucky

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Eighty members of Missouri Task Force 1 and 100,000 pounds of equipment arrived in Hazard, Kentucky, Monday morning. There’re there to help with water rescue operations after a deadly winter storm knocked out power and...
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Home destroyed by fire was ‘vacant and unsecured’

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The house that burned on Lakeview Ave. in Columbia Friday morning was “vacant and unsecured,” according to a press release from the city. That’s just northeast of the Business Loop intersection wtih Range Line near...
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New subdivision planned for Gans Rd.

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A controversial residential development on Gans Road is south Columbia was approved by the city council on Monday. The plan allows for 40 single-family “cottage-style” homes on 6.2 acres at the corner of Gans Road...
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Columbia OK’s new fire station

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A new fire station on the east side of the city was approved by city council members after a public hearing at their meeting Monday night. The new station will be located at the corner...
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HomeGoods opening this week

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HomeGoods will open this week in the Shoppes at Stadium in west Columbia. A grand opening event is planned for Thursday from 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. HomeGoods will open in a space formerly occupied...
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Boone Co. to host hearings on master plan

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Boone County is zeroing in on approval of its first master plan since 1996. A new master plan for growth and development in Boone County in entering its final stages for approval. The county’s planning...
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UPDATE: Hartsburg murder suspect pleads guilty to killing his father; April 25th sentencing date set

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A man from mid-Missouri’s Hartsburg admits that he stabbed his father to death in southern Boone County in 2022. 25-year-old Collin Knight of Hartsburg has pleaded guilty to second degree murder charges (file photo courtesy...
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MU Health Care executives to address Anthem issue Saturday on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”

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Columbia/Boone County’s second-largest employer says it’s doing everything it can to continue their participation in the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield network. Columbia-based MU Health's Jackson road medical building in Boonville opened on March 27,...
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Eisenstein to serve as Columbia’s new REDI president

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Columbia’s new economic development director and the new Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) president is a familiar name in mid-Missouri. New REDI president Paul Eisenstein has worked at the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED)...

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