Weather is expected to be perfect for tomorrow (Wednesday) morning’s Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade in the City of Fountains. Temperatures will be around 60 …
Read More »Lincoln’s birthday is a Missouri state and county holiday
Most of Jefferson City’s approximately 14,000 state employees have today off, to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Lincoln’s birthday is one of Missouri’s 13 official state holidays. …
Read More »Special prosecutor: Columbia Police officers involved in deadly officer-involved shooting made multiple efforts to de-escalate
Charges will not be filed by a special prosecutor investigating August’s deadly Columbia police officer involved shooting at the Landing apartment complex. 22-year-old Marquis Rivera was shot …
Read More »(LISTEN): “Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn appears on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
“Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn has long said that the Missouri Republican Party’s base is in rural outstate Missouri, or as he calls it, Missourah. Mr. Faughn …
Read More »(LISTEN): Chiefs Super Bowl parade is Wednesday; Governors Parson and Newsom raise money for Special Olympics
The Kansas City Chiefs have won back-to-back Super Bowls and their third title in the past five years. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was named the Super Bowl …
Read More »MU Health Care neurologist speaks at Super Bowl brain health summit
Columbia-based MU Health Care says their concussion program director’s participation at this weekend’s Super Bowl brain health summit signifies the prestige of their concussion and neurology programs. …
Read More »(LISTEN): Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”
939 the Eagle’s Fred Parry, who hosts the “CEO Roundtable” program, describes Comobuz.com as the best journalism coverage of the city of Columbia. Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy …
Read More »Governor Parson heading to mid-Missouri’s Harrisburg and to Faurot field today
Mid-Missouri’s fast-growing Harrisburg R-8 school district will have a special visitor this afternoon. Missouri Governor Mike Parson will be addressing the student assembly at Harrisburg high school …
Read More »UPDATE: Columbia residents are putting trash in roll carts one month before start
Columbia officials are reminding residents that the roll cart trash collection system doesn’t begin until March 4, and that trash bags are not supposed to be …
Read More »(LISTEN): Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft discusses AIPAC incident and Columbia Willroth complaint on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside an event Tuesday in Jefferson City sponsored by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Some of the demonstrators held signs saying “Each …
Read More »Author of Wooldridge fire book plans presentation tonight in Jefferson City
Tonight is your opportunity to learn new details about the great Wooldridge fire of 2022, a fire that literally burned half of the mid-Missouri village off the …
Read More »UPDATE: Ashland sewer ballot measure fails
Voters in southern Boone County’s Ashland have defeated a $40-million ballot measure involving waterworks and sewage. Ashland voters defeated the measure by a 138-117 vote; a simple …
Read More »(LISTEN): Leaders of new youth center hope to expand to north and to east Columbia
The executive director of Columbia’s Destiny of H.O.P.E. says the aim of the new youth center on South Providence is to be the safe place that our …
Read More »Funeral services set for former Missouri House Higher Education Committee chair
A state senator from southwest Missouri’s Springfield praises the legacy of a former Missouri House Higher Education Committee chair who’s passed away, saying he served Missourians with …
Read More »President Choi: Memorial Stadium donation will have a generational impact on Mizzou
The UM System president is ecstatic about a $62-million donation to Mizzou Athletics, which will fund major renovations to Memorial Stadium in Columbia and support the Tiger …
Read More »(LISTEN): Columbia’s aging American Legion post receives new paint job
Volunteers from Columbia’s Home Depot have painted the ballroom at the aging American Legion post on Route WW, which is 60 years old. Herbert Williams American Legion …
Read More »Columbia’s new short-term rental regulations to take effect in June
You’ll soon have to pay the same five percent lodging tax that hotels pay, when you stay at a Columbia Airbnb or other short-term rental property. Columbia’s …
Read More »Mizzou’s Drinkwitz, Choi praise $62-million donation for Mizzou Athletics
A $62-million donation announced Monday in Columbia is the largest gift commitment ever received by Mizzou Athletics. Mizzou athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois says the commitment will fund …
Read More »(LISTEN): State Sen. Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City) appears on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri’s governor is proposing a 3.2 percent pay raise for state employees. State employee pay is a top priority for State Sen. Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City), whose …
Read More »(LISTEN): New Columbia youth center has zero tolerance policy on bullying and threats
Leaders of the new youth center on Columbia’s South Providence describe it as a safe place that provides a location for young people to study, do schoolwork …
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