Tonight’s Columbia trivia night event supports MU Health Care’s Children’s Hospital
There is still time for you and your friends to participate in tonight’s trivia night in Columbia, as 939 the Eagle and Zimmer Communications raise money for Children’s Hospital and for the Children’s Miracle Network. MU Health Care’s new Children’s Hospital in Columbia opened in June 2024 (2024 photo courtesy of MU Health Care’s Eric …
Date published: September 13, 2024
UPDATE: Curators say Mizzou’s $250-million football stadium project will elevate fan experience
The UM Board of Curators have voted unanimously to approve the $250-million Memorial Stadium improvement project at Mizzou in Columbia. This is a rendering of what Mizzou’s planned $250-million Memorial Stadium improvement project would look like (rendering courtesy of Mizzou Athletics senior associate athletic director Ryan Koslen) Thursday’s board vote happened in Kansas City, a …
Date published: September 13, 2024
This weekend’s festival near Columbia to include a designated marijuana consumption lounge
Marijuana, barbecue and music will be featured at this weekend’s Buds Blues and BBQ event, which takes place today (Friday) and Saturday at the Midway travel center just west of Columbia. There will be four Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned BBQ contests this weekend at the Buds Blues and BBQ event at Midway Travel Center (photo …
Date published: September 13, 2024
Zimmer to broadcast three mid-Missouri high school football games tonight
We have a full schedule of high school football on our Zimmer radio stations tonight. It’s week three of the 2024 high school football season. Columbia’s Rock Bridge high school (2021 file photo courtesy of CPS’ Michelle Baumstark) The Jefferson City Jays travel to Columbia to face Rock Bridge. Andy Humphrey has the call on …
Date published: September 13, 2024
Prison time on JCMO drug charges
A Jefferson City man will spend 15 years in federal prison without parole for a drug charge. Tremaine Bell pleaded guilty for possessing fentanyl with the intent to sell. Police arrested Bell in 2022 and found a large quantity of heroin, guns and thousands of dollars in cash at a storage shed.
Date published: September 12, 2024
Missouri Congressman thinks debate was ‘fixed’
Congressman Mark Alford thought the Presidential debate was a ‘set – up job’ against Donald Trump from the get go … The Kansas City area lawmaker references Kamala Harris’ parroting President Biden’s claim that Trump allegedly sided with protesters during the 2017 Charlottesville Virginia riots “spewing anti-Semitic hate.” Major media outlets quickly debunked that story.
Date published: September 12, 2024
SEC Commissioner in Kansas City for today’s vote on Mizzou’s Memorial Stadium project
The UM Board of Curators are expected to vote Thursday afternoon to formally approve a $250-million improvement project for Mizzou’s Memorial Stadium in Columbia. Here is another rendering of Mizzou’s planned $250-million Memorial Stadium improvement project in Columbia (rendering courtesy of Mizzou Athletics senior associate athletic director Ryan Koslen) The board will meet today in …
Date published: September 12, 2024
Mizzou Patriot Day ceremony to feature bagpipes; 200 American flags in downtown Columbia
You’ll notice 200 American flags this morning at the Boone County war memorial plaza near the Boone County Courthouse in downtown Columbia. American flags were featured across the Mizzou campus in Columbia during the September 11, 2023 ceremony at Mizzou (file photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Mizzou’s Sigma Nu fraternity has placed the …
Date published: September 11, 2024
Senator Rowden wraps up his term
When this week’s veto session wraps up, Senator Caleb Rowden will watch his term at the Capitol come to an end. The Senate’s President Pro Tem hopes the 2025 session will mark an end to the GOP infighting that plagued the chamber in recent years … Rowden and Senate leadership repeatedly bumped heads with Senators …
Date published: September 11, 2024
The abortion question is back on the ballot
The controversial abortion issue will be on your November ballot. Missouri’s high court ordered Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to put the measure back on the ballot. He removed it Monday after a Friday ruling by a Cole County judge. If it passes, the issue could legalize some forms of abortion in the state. Missouri …
Date published: September 11, 2024
