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(LISTEN): Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kendrick discusses senior tax...
Boone County commissioners voted Thursday afternoon to approve a senior real estate tax relief program. The relief is for Boone County residents who own their homes and are at least 62 years old. 939...
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(LISTEN): Networks of Mid-Missouri general manager Curtis Varns appears on...
Networks of Mid-Missouri general manager Curtis Varns has served as assignment editor, news director and now general manager at the stations, which includes KMIZ Channel 17 and Fox-22. Mr. Varns joined...
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Troopers: No injuries in Friday’s wooden bridge collapse in Cole County
This wooden bridge in Cole County collapsed on Friday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (May 31, 2024 photo courtesy of Missouri Highway Patrol Troop F Twitter page) Missouri state...
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Tax abatement approved for Columbia’s Kraft Heinz plant, they plan...
Oscar Mayer hot dogs are made in Columbia, Missouri (file photo courtesy of the Kraft Heinz website) Boone County commissioners have voted to finalize a tax abatement for the 16th-largest employer in...
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Columbia officials propose new City Utilities communications supervisor, in...
Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Columbia city manager is asking the council to approve the hiring of a new communications supervisor...
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(LISTEN): Columbia’s next fire chief must be a leader, city manager says
Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, left, and city manager De’Carlon Seewood visit before Mr. Seewood’s state of the city address (May 30, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Columbia’s city...
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(LISTEN): U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) appears on “Wake Up...
U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) says congressional redistricting has reduced the number of “swing districts” nationwide from 74 to 51. The retiring congressman joined us live on 939 the...
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(LISTEN): More than 40 Boone County residents have their mail stolen and in...
A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle (2021 file photo courtesy of 939 the Eagle) Boone County sheriff’s deputies are crediting an alert citizen for finding mail that was stolen from mailboxes east...
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Columbia’s city council could vote to purchase Kirklin building tonight
Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Columbia’s city manager is recommending that the council vote tonight to approve the $91,000 sale of...
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UPDATE: MoDOT warns of significant delays this summer near Jefferson City’s...
The state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) plans to begin the work in mid-June (June 2024 graphic courtesy of the MoDOT Central District Facebook page) State transportation officials say...
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Columbia’s city council gives green light to $1-million improvement at Lake...
Columbia’s Lake of the Woods pool in east Columbia (file photo courtesy of Columbia Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Tammy Miller) The Columbia Parks and Recreation Department plans to begin a $1.1...
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Columbia’s historic Kirklin home to be purchased by the city after council...
Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Columbia’s city council has voted to approve the $91,000 purchase of the historic Kirklin home on...
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(LISTEN): Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) discussions...
The Missouri House’s chief clerk, Dana Miller, filed a lawsuit Friday at the Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City against House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) and his chief of staff Rod Jetton,...
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Boone County’s new Joint Communications director has 17 years of experience...
Christie Davis will begin her job as Boone County director of Joint Communications on June 10 (photo courtesy of the Boone County Commission) Boone County’s new director of Joint Communications begins...
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(LISTEN): Sturgeon standoff suspect found dead; two police armored vehicles...
A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle (2021 file photo courtesy of 939 the Eagle) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies say a suspect involved in a Tuesday daytime standoff at a Sturgeon mobile home park...
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Cole County judge says James Coyne’s name will remain on the August GOP...
Then-State Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on February 17, 2016 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) An attempt by a former...
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(LISTEN); MoDOT’s Randy Aulbur discusses Highway 54 tri-level project on...
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is warning about significant delays, when improvements start in a few weeks on Jefferson City’s aging tri-level and on Highway 54. MoDOT says crews...
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(LISTEN): Missouri Senate Appropriations committee chair Lincoln Hough...
Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) has returned from his trip to the southern border in Texas. Senator Hough joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up...
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(LISTEN): Weather expected to be perfect for Thursday’s fundraiser for foster...
The Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association’s (CMFCAA) second annual backyard BBQ bash in Jefferson City is this evening from 5:30 to 8:30 at the Millbottom on West Main (graphic courtesy...
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(LISTEN): Columbia’s city manager expects to make decision on fire chief...
Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) The four finalists for Columbia’s fire chief will meet with the public and the news media today at...
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