Services are today for former KWOS announcer Jack Renner. Jack passed away last weekend at age 84. Visitation will be held at Immaculate Conception Church from 9:30 …
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(AUDIO) “Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn breaks down House GOP leadership races on 939 the Eagle
Missouri House Republicans will have another supermajority when the 2023 legislative session begins in early January in Jefferson City. Republicans will control the chamber 111-52. Republicans caucused …
Read More »Guided tours to be offered Thursday evening at newly-expanded Southern Boone middle school
Thursday evening is your opportunity to tour the newly expanded and renovated Southern Boone middle school in fast-growing Ashland. An open house for the $7.7 million project is …
Read More »Missouri House Speaker-Designee and key Democratic lawmaker to accompany Governor Parson on overseas trade mission
Missouri’s governor will be leaving Jefferson City Thursday afternoon for an overseas trade mission to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Greece. The trade mission is being funded …
Read More »Boone County’s outgoing presiding commissioner praises EquipmentShare expansion; says Chapter 100 has worked
Boone County’s presiding commissioner is praising EquipmentShare’s decision to build its $100-million new headquarters in Columbia. Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill tells 939 the Eagle that it’s an …
Read More »UPDATE: Sodomy charges filed against Columbia child pornography suspect
Boone County prosecutors have added a statutory sodomy charge against a Columbia man who was already jailed for possession of child pornography. 76-year-old Ivan Metzger is jailed …
Read More »UPDATE: Columbia Police warn about prowler; residents urged to keep exterior lights on
Columbia Police are urging you to lock your doors and windows and to turn on exterior lights, as they say a suspected prowler’s activity may be escalating. …
Read More »(AUDIO): Missouri Auditor-Elect Scott Fitzpatrick outlines priorities on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri Republicans will now control every statewide office for the first time in a century, according to state auditor-elect Scott Fitzpatrick. The Shell Knob Republican defeated former …
Read More »(AUDIO): Boone County presiding commissioner-elect Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) appears on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Former State Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) will be Boone County’s next presiding commissioner. Mr. Kendrick defeated businesswoman Connie Leipard by about 8,000 votes in Tuesday’s election. It …
Read More »Influential Missouri House committee chairman heading to state Senate
A veteran mid-Missouri lawmaker who chairs the House Fiscal Review Committee has been elected to the state Senate. State Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) earned 78 percent …
Read More »Former Missouri Democratic lawmaker elected Boone County presiding commissioner
Boone County voters have elected former State Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) as presiding commissioner. Mr. Kendrick served three terms in the Missouri House from 2015-2020, and served …
Read More »Missouri Republicans will now control every statewide office, following Tuesday’s election
Missouri’s governor will soon have to appoint a new attorney general and a new state treasurer, after voters elected Republicans Eric Schmitt to the U-S Senate and …
Read More »Boone County’s voter turnout is 27 percent and growing
Boone County’s clerk says more than 30,000 registered voters have cast ballots thus far in today’s general election. That includes those who cast absentee ballots. Boone County’s …
Read More »939 the Eagle to provide live election night coverage on Tuesday
Boone County’s clerk is projecting a 55 percent voter turnout on Tuesday. Polls statewide will open Tuesday morning at 6 and will close at 7 pm. Boone …
Read More »Chilling court documents describe final moments of Columbia murder victim’s life
A Columbia man charged with killing a woman and her grandmother this weekend has made his initial arraignment and remains jailed without bond today. Boone County prosecutors …
Read More »Missouri’s U.S. Senate race driving voter interest; Schmitt rallies with governor in Columbia
More than 100 people rallied Monday morning in Columbia for Missouri GOP U.S. Senate nominee Eric Schmitt. Governor Mike Parson and Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) …
Read More »Ledford: DOJ monitors are in mid-Missouri’s Cole County today
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Missouri’s Western District says the Justice Department has monitors outside unnamed Cole County polling locations today to monitor compliance …
Read More »Boone County’s clerk predicts a 55 percent voter turnout on Tuesday
More than 700 Boone County residents cast no-excuse absentee ballots on Friday, the largest one-day number since the period began on October 25. Boone County clerk Brianna …
Read More »(AUDIO): Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft discusses DOJ monitors on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
U.S. Attorney’s office spokesman Don Ledford of Missouri’s Western District tells 939 the Eagle that the Justice Department will have monitors outside Cole County polling locations on …
Read More »UPDATE: Murder charges filed against Columbia suspect captured in Moberly
UPDATE: Boone County prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Columbia suspect accused of killing two women this weekend on Boyd lane. That’s near Clark lane and …
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