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Excitement across southern Boone County ahead of Ranken’s Ashland opening
Ranken’s new multi-million dollar Ashland campus is located next to Salter Lawn Service (January 2024 photo courtesy of Southern Boone R-1 spokesman Matt Sharp) About 150 residents and business leaders...
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Fire marshal: Homeless person’s warming fire started Noodles and Company blaze
Columbia fire department investigators concluded the fire that destroyed the Noodles and Company restaurant on 9th Street in downtown Columbia in mid-March was started by a homeless person’s warming...
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UPDATE: Investigators from NTSB back in Hartsburg; company being brought in...
Boone County Sheriff’s deputies block Christian School road near Hartsburg after Tuesday’s deadly plane crash (April 16, 2024 photo courtesy of Boone County Sheriff’s Captain Brian Leer) National...
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(LISTEN): Boone Hospital Center president Brady Dubois appears on 939 the...
Boone Health is the sixth-largest employer in Columbia/Boone County, according to the latest statistics from Columbia Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI). REDI says Boone currently has...
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(LISTEN): Missouri’s governor describes FFA students across the Show-Me state...
Missouri’s governor says describes the approximately 5,000 high school students who attended the state FFA convention in Columbia as the future of agriculture, Missouri, and the nation. Governor Mike...
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(LISTEN): Columbia bowling for autism tournament raises about $35,000
This weekend’s Cleek family bowling for autism event at Columbia’s AMF Town and Country lanes raised between $30,000 and $35,000, according to businessman John Cleek. Mr. Cleek tells 939 the Eagle that...
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Former Tolton basketball star sentenced to prison
A former Father Tolton basketball star and member of the Columbia’s Porter basketball family was sentenced to prison on Friday. 22-year-old Coban Porter, the brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael...
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Boone County buys downtown property
Boone County purchased a building last week on 7th Street in downtown Columbia that is currently occupied by the Holder Susan Slusher law firm. The county now owns all the property in that block west...
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Commissioners say they will implement state’s property tax freeze
Boone County plans to adopt legislation that comes from Jefferson City in the next few weeks that would grant senior citizens the ability to get a freeze on property tax increases for their primary...
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School superintendent gets pay raise
Columbia Public Schools gave Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood a 5.5% pay increase for the upcoming school year, bringing his salary above $261,000. Yearwood’s contract runs through June of 2027....
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Laird Veatch will be next MU athletic director
The University of Missouri announced Tuesday that Laird Veatch will be its next Director of Athletics. Veatch has been the athletic director at the University of Memphis since 2019. Veatch worked in...
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City switching out 1,400 roll carts
Columbia city officials said Monday they are in the middle of exchanging more than 1,400 roll carts for their trash customers who wanted a different size. Residents had an opportunity to choose from...
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Providence road work begins this week
The resurfacing of Providence Road in Columbia will begin on Thursday, according to Missouri Department of Transportation officials. One lane will be closed in spots during the evening hours. The $5.5...
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(LISTEN:) Basye withdraws from senate race after cancer diagnosis
Rocheport Republican Chuck Basye said this morning he is withdrawing from the campaign for state senator from Boone County because of a recent cancer diagnosis. Basye entered the race at the filing...
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City moving residents off private sewers
The city of Columbia plans to move privately maintained sewer systems near Sunset Drive, Prospect Street and Crestland Ave. onto the city’s sanitary sewer system. The proposed improvements are part of...
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Otscon will close plant in October
Parking brake manufacturer Otscon announced this week that it will be closing its Columbia facility in October after 36 years. About 220 employees will lose their jobs. The company’s facility is...
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(LISTEN): Columbia Housing Authority chief executive officer Randy Cole...
The Columbia Housing Authority was founded in 1956. Its mission is to provide safe, healthy and affordable housing to low-income Columbia/Boone County residents and families. Columbia Housing Authority...
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CPD to conduct active intruder training this morning at south Columbia church
Columbia Police respond to a scene in May 2023 (file photo courtesy of CPD Facebook page) Columbia Police and other first responders will be holding an active intruder/shooter training exercise this...
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UPDATE: NWS says an EF-1 tornado hit mid-Missouri’s Tipton this weekend
The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis says an EF-1 tornado hit mid-Missouri’s Tipton on Saturday evening (April 28, 2024 graphic courtesy of NWS St. Louis Twitter page) The National Weather...
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MU Health Care’s new urgent care on Jefferson City’s West Truman to open May 30
An MU Health Care physician treats a mid-Missouri patient (file photo courtesy of MU Health Care spokesman Eric Maze) Columbia-based MU Health Care will be opening a new and larger urgent care in west...
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