More than 1,300 students from the class of 2023 will graduate from Columbia Public Schools (CPS) this week. Douglass and Hickman graduate on Friday, while Battle and …
Read More »Beautification efforts at Columbia’s I-70 and Highway 63 interchange to be unveiled today
You have an opportunity today to see proposed plans to beautify the area around Columbia’s sprawling I-70 and Highway 63 interchange, which is scheduled to be improved …
Read More »(AUDIO): Kehoe touts working-class upbringing in Missouri gubernatorial campaign video
Hundreds of people packed Jefferson City’s Capital Bluffs venue Tuesday evening, as Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (R) launched his 2024 gubernatorial campaign. Kehoe has also unveiled …
Read More »Mid-Missouri man under federal indictment for alleged child pornography
A federal grand jury has indicted a man from mid-Missouri’s Lohman on three counts relating to producing child pornography. Federal agents and others arrested 30-year-old Anthony Pitts-Fugate …
Read More »(AUDIO): Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe Discusses 2023 Session and I-70 Funding on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri’s lieutenant governor says the one thing that is for certain in the Missouri Senate is that nothing is for certain. He’s referring to the chaos that …
Read More »Mizzou AD Reed-Francois to keynote Zonta luncheon; Stephanie Bell is a nominee
A few hundred people are expected to pack Jefferson City’s Capital Plaza Hotel for today’s (Tuesday) Zonta Women of Achievement yellow rose luncheon, which is taking …
Read More »Columbia’s city council briefed on GoCOMO bus driver shortage
Columbia Public Works officials say staff is currently in discussions with Moberly Area Community College (MACC) in efforts to alleviate the bus driver shortage. Public Works delivered …
Read More »Felon with Ties to Kansas City/Columbia Pleads Guilty to Murder in Deadly Columbia Burglary
Missouri’s attorney general says a convicted felon who broke into a retired FBI agent’s home in south Columbia in 2020 during a deadly burglary is heading to …
Read More »(AUDIO): Special Olympics Missouri needs volunteers for state summer games
More than 1,000 athletes, coaches, volunteers and Unified partners from across Missouri are expected to be in Columbia for the Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games next …
Read More »Missouri’s governor touts new website for suicide and crisis calls
Missouri’s governor says a new website provides critical information for anyone who may be experiencing a mental health, suicide or substance use crisis. The website is missouri988.org …
Read More »UPDATE: Two Columbia officers seen in video outside Harpo’s leaving CPD
The two Columbia police officers that are seen in a video that surfaced on social media from outside Harpo’s last week are apparently no longer employed by …
Read More »(AUDIO): Missouri secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate Jay Ashcroft recaps 2023 session on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri’s GOP secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate Jay Ashcroft says Missourians don’t elect legislators for social media speeches but elect them to enact good policy. He’s …
Read More »Columbia Police investigating weekend death at downtown’s tallest parking garage
Columbia Police are investigating a weekend falling death at the Fifth and Walnut parking garage downtown. It’s unclear if the man jumped or fell to his death …
Read More »GoCOMO is 11 full-time drivers short, Columbia officials say
Columbia’s city council will hear a detailed GoCOMO transit report tonight, which says the physical and mental wellbeing of its drivers is being taxed due to mandatory …
Read More »(AUDIO): Boone Electric Cooperative encourages other businesses to invest on Columbia’s Business Loop
Missouri’s first rural electric cooperative says they’re committed to staying at Columbia’s Rangeline and Business Loop intersection. Boone Electric Cooperative recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its …
Read More »Columbia’s city manager to brief council on $25.2 million in ARPA funding
Columbia’s city council will be updated Monday evening on federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars the city has received. ARPA was signed into law by President Joe …
Read More »(AUDIO): Former Central Bank executive Bob Roper appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”
Former Central Bank executive Bob Roper grew up in southern Indiana before moving to Lamar, Missouri and later to Columbia, where he earned a law degree from …
Read More »Mizzou’s graduation ceremonies begin this afternoon and continue all weekend; thousands of visitors in town
You can expect heavy traffic and long waits at popular restaurants all weekend in Columbia due to Mizzou’s graduation ceremonies, which begin this afternoon. Some of the …
Read More »(AUDIO): State Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) discusses personal property tax relief and sports wagering on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
State Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that there is no path forward for sports wagering legislation this year. The 2023 …
Read More »Two additional suspects charged in connection with Sunday’s Plush Lounge murder; Simpson still being sought
Boone County prosecutors have filed charges against two additional suspects for Sunday morning’s deadly shooting at Plush Lounge on Columbia’s Business Loop. 41-year-old Justin Lamarr Simpson is …
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