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137 American flags at the Boone County Courthouse for D-Day ceremony
96-year-old Felipe Regalado earned the Medal of Combat Valor at the 2023 D-Day ceremony at the Boone County War Memorial in downtown Columbia (June 6, 2023 file photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian...
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(LISTEN): Missouri House Minority Leader and gubernatorial candidate Crystal...
Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) is seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in August. Leader Quade is finishing her eighth and final year in the Missouri House due...
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UPDATE: Suspect found dead after lengthy police standoff at Columbia’s Links...
Columbia Police were in an eight-hour standoff at the Links apartments in east Columbia (June 6, 2024 photo courtesy of CPD Facebook page) A standoff at Columbia’s Links apartment complex on Clark lane...
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UPDATE: Columbia’s fire-damaged Golden Corral finally reopens
The newly-remodeled Golden Corral buffet and grill on Columbia’s Clark lane held a May hiring event (May 12, 2024 file photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) The parking lot at Columbia’s Golden...
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(LISTEN): 99-year-old Columbia World War II veteran honored by elected...
99-year-old World War II veteran Robert Lawrence Bartlett of Columbia enters the D-Day ceremony on Thursday at the Boone County Courthouse (June 6, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth)...
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Columbia Regional Airport sees two new flights in past two months
Missouri Governor Mike Parson speaks at the ribbon-cutting for Columbia Regional Airport’s $23-million new terminal (October 18, 2022 file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) You now have the...
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(LISTEN): State Rep. Rudy Veit (R-Wardsville) discusses court records law on...
State Rep. Rudy Veit (R-Wardsville), the Missouri House Judiciary Committee vice chairman, admits there are collateral consequences to a bill Missouri lawmakers passed in 2023 involving court secrecy....
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(LISTEN): Boone County official say the average salary of Kraft Heinz...
Oscar Mayer hot dogs are made in Columbia, Missouri (file photo courtesy of the Kraft Heinz website) We learned new details this weekend about a $92-million improvement project planned by Kraft-Heinz...
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(LISTEN): Boone County’s new 911 director starts Monday morning
Christie Davis begins her job as Boone County director of Joint Communications on Monday June 10 (photo courtesy of the Boone County Commission) Boone County’s presiding commissioner is praising new...
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(LISTEN): Thursday groundbreaking ceremony planned in Columbia for massive...
Missouri Governor Mike Parson and other dignitaries will break ground on the I-70 construction project Thursday at Columbia’s Drury Inn and Suites hotel (June 9, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian...
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(LISTEN): Columbia Police Officers Association’s Matt Nichols discusses...
The Columbia Police Officers Association (CPOA) says staffing shortages and increased violent crime are plaguing officers in the department. The CPOA has issued a Facebook post, which says 2024 is on...
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(LISTEN): Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)...
Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick (D) is considered to be one of rising stars in the Missouri Democratic Party. Commissioner Kendrick joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour...
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(LISTEN): “Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn discusses I-70 project and...
Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R), state lawmakers in both parties and state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials will be in Columbia Thursday morning for the groundbreaking ceremony for the...
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Opening weekend is big for Columbia’s Golden Corral
Mid-Missourians packed the Golden Corral restaurant all weekend. The remodeled restaurant reopened on Thursday (June 8, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Traffic around Columbia’s...
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UPDATE: Governor Parson denies clemency for convicted Jefferson City murderer...
Missouri’s governor has denied clemency for convicted Jefferson City killer David Hosier (2021 file photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections website) Missouri’s governor has rejected a...
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(LISTEN): CPOA says Columbia Police need a full-time SWAT team
Columbia Police and SWAT team members were in an eight-hour standoff at the Links apartments in east Columbia (June 6, 2024 photo courtesy of CPD Facebook page) The Columbia Police Officers Association...
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(LISTEN): NFIB Missouri director Brad Jones discusses job openings and...
NFIB Missouri director Brad Jones says 42 percent of NFIB Missouri members now have jobs that they cannot fill, up from April’s 40 percent number. Mr. Jones joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up...
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(LISTEN): Columbia arts festival to provide exposure to different cultures
Columbia musician NicDanger has organized Thursday’s first-ever Columbia Arts Festival (June 4, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) A well-known Columbia musician is encouraging families,...
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(LISTEN): Massive I-70 project will be the largest public works project in...
Missouri Governor Mike Parson speaks after signing bipartisan I-70 legislation into law on August 15, 2023 in Columbia (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) The “Missouri Times” publisher...
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UPDATE: Columbia’s new Ronald McDonald House celebrates its grand opening
This is a guest room at Columbia’s new Ronald McDonald House on South College Avenue (June 2024 photo from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Missouri communications manager Mia Mueller) Ronald...
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