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(AUDIO): Boone County’s clerk says voting is steady this morning
Boone County clerk Brianna Lennon assists voters with absentee voting at the Columbia Mall on March 26, 2023 (file photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Boone County’s clerk is forecasting a 25...
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(AUDIO): Cole County clerk Steve Korsmeyer discusses primary on “Wake Up...
Cole County’s clerk is forecasting a 35 percent voter turnout for today’s primary. Most of Cole County’s elected positions are unopposed today, but there is a contested race for assessor. Cole County...
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Columbia businessman John Martin wins Republican primary in District 44
Centralia native John Martin will be the Republican nominee for the state house of representatives in November from house District 44 in Boone County. Martin, a Columbia-area businessman defeated Bryce...
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Boone County’s voter turnout for primary election is 24.54 percent
About 24.5 percent of registered voters in Boone County cast ballots for Tuesday’s primary election, according to Boone County clerk Brianna Lennon. A number of them cast absentee ballots before...
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Registered nurse Gregg Bush wins Democrat primary in District 50
The Columbia registered nurse who said he wouldn’t vote for MU funding unless the university agreed to bargaining terms with a local labor union won his Democrat primary on Tuesday. Gregg Bush defeated...
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UPDATE: Veteran Boone County sheriff wins a sixth term
Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey appears in-studio on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” (April 19, 2024 file photo from 939 the Eagle’s Stephanie Bell) Veteran Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey...
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UPDATE: State Representative Kurtis Gregory wins bruising GOP primary for...
State Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on March 25, 2024 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) A former Mizzou football...
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UPDATE: Columbia voters approve capital improvement sales tax extension
A truck driver heads east on Columbia’s Clark lane, near Woodland Hills. The Lighthouse car wash is located up the hill (May 2024 file photo courtesy of Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Columbia...
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(AUDIO): Former State Sen. Bob Onder appears on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Former State Sen. Bob Onder (R) captured 47 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s seven-way GOP primary to try to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) on Capitol Hill. Mr. Onder...
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Missouri’s Kehoe, Quade and Slantz win gubernatorial nominations
Missouri’s lieutenant governor and the House Democratic leader will face off in November’s gubernatorial election. They are both familiar names at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. Lieutenant Governor...
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(AUDIO): Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe appears on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri’s lieutenant governor and the House Democratic leader will face off in November’s gubernatorial election. Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe captured 39 percent of the vote in a bruising nine-way...
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UPDATE: Crash on I-70 in mid-Missouri’s Callaway County kills Troy man
State troopers say a man from eastern Missouri’s Troy has been killed in Wednesday morning’s two-vehicle crash on I-70 in Callaway County, near the 161 mile marker. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s...
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UPDATE: Truck driver allegedly operating on suspended license jailed without...
Monday afternoon’s horrific deadly collision on I-70 in Columbia closed both eastbound lanes and the westbound passing lane as well (August 5, 2024 photo courtesy of Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop...
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Agriculture is main theme at the Missouri state fair in Sedalia; Foreigner...
Missouri Governor Mike Parson helps present a proclamation to the beef house in Sedalia on August 10, 2023. The beef house is operated by the Columbia-based Missouri Cattlemen’s Association (file photo...
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(AUDIO): State Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall) appears on “Wake Up...
A former Mizzou football captain and state lawmaker from Marshall is optimistic about winning a Missouri Senate seat in November. State Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall) won a bruising GOP primary...
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Boone Hospital Center’s progressive care unit to expand, due to federal ARPA...
Columbia’s Boone Hospital Center is located on Broadway (2023 file photo courtesy of Boone Hospital spokesman Ben Cornelius) Federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will be used to...
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UPDATE: Truck driver charged with this week’s deadly Columbia I-70 crash...
A truck driver from El Salvador charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for this week’s horrific, fiery head-on crash on Columbia’s I-70 has pleaded not guilty to the charges. 26-year-old...
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It’s Missouri Department of Conservation day at the state fair in Sedalia
Missouri Governor Mike Parson enjoys ice cream on opening day of the Missouri state fair in Sedalia on August 8, 2024 (photo courtesy of Governor Parson’s Twitter page) Today is day two of the Missouri...
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UPDATE: 24-year-old Columbia pedestrian killed last night on Paris road
A Columbia Police Department vehicle on patrol (undated photo courtesy of CPD Facebook page) Columbia Police have identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed Thursday night on Paris road as...
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(AUDIO): Missouri Agriculture director Chris Chinn discusses state fair in...
Today is day two of the Missouri state fair in Sedalia. It’s Missouri Department of Conservation day in Sedalia, and you’ll be able to visit the Conservation building for live animal exhibits and...
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