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Missouri Governor Mike Parson prepares to drive a John Deere tractor to the Statehouse in Jefferson City on February 23, 2022 (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Missouri’s governor will deliver the keynote address at the 96th annual state FFA Convention in Columbia, which is underway at the …

Columbia’s Red Lobster on I-70 Drive Southwest remains open (April 17, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Jefferson City’s mayor is not expecting fire-damaged Red Lobster on Country Club drive to re-open. The restaurant has been closed since a late September fire that damaged a utility room and …

Weather was perfect on Wednesday morning for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Boone County Sheriff’s regional law enforcement training center in Columbia (April 17, 2024 photo courtesy of the sheriff’s department) Boone County’s presiding commissioner says construction of the Boone County Sheriff’s regional law enforcement training center in Columbia will …

This is a rendering of the voter-approved $11.6 million addition and improvement at the Southern Boone R-1 high school in Ashland (graphic courtesy of PWArchitects, Inc.) Missouri’s economic development director is keynoting this morning’s Southern Boone Community leader breakfast at the Ashland Optimist building. Breakfast will be served at 7:15. …

Another incident involving a plane here in Mid – Missouri. A small plane had to make an emergency landing east of Renick in Randolph County Wednesday afternoon. The pilot was not hurt. He says he had to make an emergency landing in a field after a bird strike on the …

We could be in for another round of thunderstorms blowing thru Mid – Missouri this afternoon. The KWOS listening area could see storms move in shortly after the noon hour and linger until early evening. There’s a good chance of high straight line winds up to 70 – MPH and …

Missouri lawmakers are required to approve a balanced budget by Friday May 10, under the state Constitution. Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chair Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”. He says the Senate is in a bit of time crunch, noting the House held …

Have you found yourself having to run the gauntlet of more and more homeless people in Jefferson City’s downtown? Mayor Ron Fitzwater admits the ‘unhoused’ population is growing. He says the new riverfront park on Adrian’s Island took out one of the more popular campsites … Fitzwater adds the homeless …

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies have blocked Christian School road near Hartsburg. The deadly plane crash happened there (April 16, 2024 photo courtesy of Boone County Sheriff’s Captain Brian Leer) The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is on their way to the scene of this …

Missouri state troopers confirm one person has been killed in a plane crash near Southern Boone County’s Hartsburg. Patrol spokesman Corporal Kyle Green tells 939 the Eagle that the crash involves a “small Cessna tight plane” and that it crashed in the Hartsburg area. The victim’s name hasn’t been released, …