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The Missouri House will gavel-in Wednesday afternoon at 1 in Jefferson City to begin the special session that’s been called by GOP Governor Mike Parson. The executive …
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Missouri’s veto session begins at noon in Jefferson City
Missouri lawmakers are returning to Jefferson City today (Wednesday) morning for their annual veto session, which is required under the state Constitution. Both chambers will gavel-in at …
Read More »Strong start for campaign to raise money for Columbia’s new Ronald McDonald House
Emphasizing that parents should be within steps of where their child receives treatment, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Missouri is launching a capital campaign to raise $6.5 …
Read More »Columbia shooting suspect turns himself in; jailed without bond
A Columbia shooting suspect that detectives have been searching for two weeks has turned himself in. 50-year-old Jeffrey Tubbs turned himself in to the Boone County jail. He’s …
Read More »Emotional first day in Columbia kidnapping and sexual assault trial
A Boone County jury has heard graphic opening statements from prosecutors in the trial of a Columbia man charged with the separate robbery and sexual assaults of …
Read More »Missouri’s Parson: new beef plant in Wright City will have $1-billion statewide economic impact
Leaders of the Columbia-based Missouri Cattlemen’s Association joined Governor Mike Parson at Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony for an $800-million beef processing plant near Wright City. Wright City is …
Read More »Ashcroft says his office continues to help Missourians obtain photo ID’s
Missouri’s secretary of state says the new voter ID law will ensure election integrity and will prevent voter fraud. The law took effect on August 28. Republican …
Read More »Five Columbia elementary schools with high free and reduced lunch rates receive 2,600 books
2,600 new books have been delivered to first and second-grade students at the five CPS elementary schools with the lowest reading-proficiency scores and the highest free and …
Read More »Handwashing etiquette is component in COVID school plan for CPS
A COVID plan has been approved by Columbia’s school board for this year. The board has approved a seven-page plan supported by Columbia Public Schools (CPS) Superintendent …
Read More »JCPD investigating bus crash that injured JC volleyball players
Nine members of Jefferson City high school’s volleyball team suffered moderate injuries when their team bus rolled backward Monday afternoon at the school. Jefferson City Police say …
Read More »Murphy: Columbia’s proposed 100-bed homeless shelter would be on Business Loop 70
The publisher of Comobuz.com says a Columbia non-profit group hopes to break ground next year on a 100-bed homeless shelter near the city’s power plant on the …
Read More »(AUDIO): Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft appears on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) is praising a Cole County judge’s decision to uphold Secretary Ashcroft’s certification regarding Missouri’s November recreational marijuana ballot measure. Ashcroft …
Read More »Mid-Missouri advocates call on Congress to pass bipartisan bill regarding Huntington’s disease
About 35 mid-Missourians and ten dogs turned out for a weekend Columbia walk to raise money for a fatal disease that is described as having ALS, Parkinson’s …
Read More »$15-million addition/renovation to Columbia Area Career Center to begin in 2023
Construction is set to begin next summer on the $15-million addition and renovation of the Columbia Area Career Center (CACC). Columbia Public School (CPS) voters approved an April …
Read More »CPS receiving $13-million in federal funding for air quality improvements and other building upgrades
Columbia’s school board is set to vote Monday evening on the district’s coronavirus plan for the 2022-2023 school year. Columbia Public Schools (CPS) Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood …
Read More »CPD: Deadly Columbia I-70 crash happened during heavy congestion
A Boonville man is dead after a Friday afternoon crash on heavily-congested I-70 in Columbia. CPD investigators say the crash happened when 84-year-old Wayne Simmons of Boonville …
Read More »(AUDIO): Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy discusses proposed homeless shelter on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Round Table”
Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy reports the construction cost of a proposed 100-bed homeless shelter near Columbia Water and Light’s power plant on the Business Loop has risen …
Read More »Lincoln University’s president to be formally installed on Friday afternoon
Lincoln University (LU) students, LU alumni, state lawmakers and business leaders will be in the audience for Friday afternoon’s investiture ceremony in Jefferson City for president Dr. …
Read More »About 500 expected at Saturday’s crawfish boil in downtown Columbia
A Louisiana-style crawfish boil is planned for Saturday in downtown Columbia to benefit Love Coffee, which provides jobs and job training to mid-Missourians with disabilities. Love Coffee …
Read More »Mexico town leaders to join MU Health executives at Tuesday grand-opening of medical building
A Tuesday grand-opening celebration is planned for MU Health’s new medical building in mid-Missouri’s Mexico. The event begins at 9:30 am. Columbia-based MU Health’s south Clark medical …
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