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(LISTEN): Love Columbia co-founder Jane Williams appears on 939 the Eagle’s...
Love Columbia says one in five Columbia residents live in poverty, adding that many others struggle to make ends meet. The organization’s website says they serve anyone in Columbia who is struggling to...
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UPDATE: Columbia Police say 56-year-old man was shot to death outside of...
A tow truck driver from I-70 Towing prepares to tow a vehicle after Friday afternoon’s shooting outside Columbia’s White Castle on Clark lane (May 17, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Cosmo) Columbia...
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(LISTEN): Columbia College military appreciation event outlines veteran...
The front gates at historic Columbia College (2019 file photo courtesy of Columbia College spokesman Samuel Fleury) There were few dry eyes at Columbia College during Friday’s military appreciation day...
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5 shot during violent weekend in Columbia
It was a violent weekend in Columbia. One man is dead after a gunfight near the White Castle restaurant on Clark Lane Friday afternoon. Then early Sunday morning night gunfire broke out during a fight...
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Executive director out at Daniel Boone Regional Library
The board of trustees of the Daniel Boone Regional Library is not renewing the contract of the library’s executive director, Margaret Conroy. Her contract ends June 30. Conroy was placed on...
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(LISTEN): State Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch will continue with petition on tax...
https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Toalsen-Reisch-Interview.mp3 A bill to clarify language that would freeze property tax increases for senior citizens was approved by Missouri’s...
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City plans purchase of historic property
The city of Columbia is planning to purchase a run down but historically significant property on Switzler Street near downtown that is considered an important part of local African American heritage....
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Columbia will have election Aug. 6 on sales tax
The Columbia City Council voted Monday to call a special election on Aug. 6 for renewal of a quarter-center sales tax the funds capital improvements. The tax was first approved for 10 years in 2005 and...
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Columbia city council OKs $670K sidewalk project
Columbia city council members voted Monday night to approve construction of a new eight-foot $670,000 sidewalk on St. Charles Road between Clark Lane and Demarte Drive on the city’s northeast side. The...
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Charges brought in Clark Lane shooting
A Columbia man was charged with second-degree murder Tuesday in the gunfight Friday near the White Castle restaurant on Clark Lane. Antione L. Armstrong is accused of firing the shots that killed...
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Republicans choose James Coyne for Senate race
Boone County Republicans have selected James Coyne of Columbia to replace Chuck Basye on the ballot for the District 19 state senate seat from Boone County. Coyne will face Democrat Stephen Webber in...
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Police make arrest in double homicide
Columbia police arrested 51-year-old Randall Fox of Columbia on Thursday. He was wanted in connection with two homicides on Ridgemont Drive in the city believed to be two women missing since May 8....
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Sturgeon officials say officer who shot dog ‘acted within his authority’
The city of Sturgeon says one of its police officers “acted within his authority” Sunday when he shot and killed a dog that appeared to be “injured, sick and abandoned.” Turns out the 13-pound shih tzu...
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A freeze on property tax increases for senior citizens is coming to Boone County
Homeowners in Boone County age 62 and over will soon be eligible to get a freeze on future increases to their property taxes. Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick told CoMoBUZ.com Wednesday...
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Columbia Public Schools hire new Chief Academic Officer
Columbia Public Schools has hired a new Chief Academic Officer for the 2024-25 school year. Dr. Jeff Klein has been an executive with Satchel Pulse, an education software company since 2020. Prior to...
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(LISTEN): Judge Hasbrouck Jacobs appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”
939 the Eagle host Fred Parry took an extensive look this weekend at mid-Missouri’s 13th judicial circuit on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable.” His guest was 13th judicial circuit presiding judge Brouck...
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Memorial Day is one of Missouri’s 13 state holidays; most government offices...
A GoCOMO bus operates in Columbia on September 7, 2023 (file photo courtesy of Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan) Monday is Memorial Day, which is a federal, Missouri, county and city holiday....
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UPDATE: Columbia White Castle murder suspect’s parole is revoked
Crime scene tape surrounded Columbia’s White Castle on Clark lane on Friday May 17, 2024, after two men were shot in the parking lot. One later died. (May 17, 2024 photo courtesy of 939 the Eagle’s...
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UPDATE: Boonville’s Spirit of 76 warehouse on-fire; all employees out safely
The Cooper County Fire Protection District is providing mutual aid to Boonville firefighters. The fire is at the Spirit of 76 warehouse (May 27, 2024 photo courtesy of the Cooper County Fire Protection...
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Columbia trash collection is delayed by one day this week
A new Columbia roll cart (February 2024 file photo courtesy of Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Columbia officials are reminding you that residential curbside trash collection is being delayed by one...
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