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UPDATE: Columbia’s Otscon plant to close on Halloween
Columbia’s Otscon manufacturing plant is on Rangeline east of town (photo courtesy of 939 the Eagle’s Mike Murphy) More than 150 Columbia manufacturing jobs will be leaving by the end of October. 939...
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(LISTEN): Columbia’s Fire in the Sky fireworks display is still on, at this time
Fireworks over Columbia’s Stephens Lake park (undated photo courtesy of Columbia Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Tammy Miller) Showers and potential thunderstorms are in the forecast for Columbia,...
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(LISTEN): Columbia trash collection to be delayed by one day, due to Fourth...
A Columbia trash truck prepares to collect trash across the city (2022 file photo courtesy of Columbia Water and Light spokesman Matt Nestor) Columbia city offices will be closed tomorrow for the...
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(LISTEN): Missouri state troopers participating in Operations CARE and Dry...
A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper patrols the Lake of the Ozarks in 2022 (file photo courtesy of Highway Patrol Captain John Hotz) Every available Missouri state trooper is on the highways and...
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UPDATE: Most of mid-Missouri’s flash flood warnings have expired
Hallsville’s Wanda and John Darby have received about six inches of rain at their home (July 3, 2024 photo courtesy of Wanda and John Darby) Utility crews from Columbia-based Boone Electric Cooperative...
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UPDATE: Elderly mid-Missouri woman still missing after being swept into...
An elderly woman is reportedly presumed dead after her vehicle was swept into the flooded Perche Creek west of Columbia this afternoon. Our news partner KMIZ reports the elderly woman was in a vehicle...
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UPDATE: Columbia’s 72nd annual Fourth of July fireworks display to proceed
Fireworks over Columbia’s Stephens Lake park (undated photo courtesy of Columbia Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Tammy Miller) Columbia’s Fourth of July fire in the sky fireworks display is a go for...
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(LISTEN): Flash flooding damages numerous gravel roads in mid-Missouri; USPS...
State Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Speed) says there’s been a lot of rock loss on gravel roads across Cooper County, including this road two miles north of Bunceton (July 5, 2024 photo courtesy of Representative...
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UPDATE: Convicted murderer Bustamante’s parole hearing is Monday in Chillicothe
Convicted killer Alyssa Bustamante, who is now 30, is incarcerated in northwest Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center (mug shot courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections website) Cole...
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UPDATE: 81-year-old Columbia woman killed during flash flooding remembered as...
Boone County Fire/Missouri Task Force One is based in Columbia (file photo courtesy of the Boone County Fire Protection District) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies have identified the elderly Columbia...
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(LISTEN): Reinhardt Construction vice president Susan Hart appears on 939 the...
Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood didn’t mince words during his recent state of the city address: he looked directly at city officials, city employees, residents and reporters at city hall and...
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UPDATE: Additional Red Cross volunteer leaves Jefferson City for Texas as...
An American Red Cross volunteer speaks to a reporter Sunday in Jefferson City, before departing for Texas (July 7, 2024 photo courtesy of American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas regional...
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(LISTEN): Columbia business leader warns about housing and child care
Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood says the city is grappling with a housing crisis. The...
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Massive I-70 project between Columbia and Kingdom City to start today,...
State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joined Missouri Governor Mike Parson for the I-70 groundbreaking ceremony in Columbia (June 13, 2024 photo courtesy of the...
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(LISTEN): Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) discusses illegal...
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) has appointed a new House committee to investigate crimes committed by alleged illegal immigrants. Speaker Plocher has named a former Missouri...
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BREAKING: Boone County assistant fire chief dies during flash flooding rescue...
Columbia firefighters confirm that Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Matthew Tobben was killed during rescue operations during this morning’s flash flooding in the Columbia area....
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(LISTEN): Boone County Fire Protection District official who drowned Monday...
Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Matthew Tobben (right) with his wife Jacquelynn Tobben. They have two boys ages 13 and 9 (photo courtesy of Boone County Fire Protection District...
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UPDATE: MoDOT and Columbia delaying Business Loop railroad project by 24 hours
Here is another view of the old railroad tracks that cross Columbia’s Business Loop near the power plant (2024 photo courtesy of Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Weather has delayed Tuesday’s plans...
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(LISTEN): Ending puppy mills is a key campaign issue for Missouri attorney...
The Democratic nominee for Missouri attorney general is pledging to prosecute corruption and work to end puppy mills. Elad Gross of St. Louis earned his law degree from Washington University and served...
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(LISTEN): Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Blomenkamp...
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Water Division has begun its investigation into Monday morning’s drowning death of Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Matthew Tobben. Mr. Tobben...
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