There is still time for you and your friends to participate in tonight’s trivia night in Columbia, as 939 the Eagle and Zimmer Communications raise money for Children’s Hospital and for the Children’s Miracle Network. MU Health Care’s new Children’s Hospital in Columbia opened in June 2024 (2024 photo courtesy …
Read More »UPDATE: Curators say Mizzou’s $250-million football stadium project will elevate fan experience
The UM Board of Curators have voted unanimously to approve the $250-million Memorial Stadium improvement project at Mizzou in Columbia. This is a rendering of what Mizzou’s planned $250-million Memorial Stadium improvement project would look like (rendering courtesy of Mizzou Athletics senior associate athletic director Ryan Koslen) Thursday’s board vote …
Read More »This weekend’s festival near Columbia to include a designated marijuana consumption lounge
Marijuana, barbecue and music will be featured at this weekend’s Buds Blues and BBQ event, which takes place today (Friday) and Saturday at the Midway travel center just west of Columbia. There will be four Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned BBQ contests this weekend at the Buds Blues and BBQ event …
Read More »Zimmer to broadcast three mid-Missouri high school football games tonight
We have a full schedule of high school football on our Zimmer radio stations tonight. It’s week three of the 2024 high school football season. Columbia’s Rock Bridge high school (2021 file photo courtesy of CPS’ Michelle Baumstark) The Jefferson City Jays travel to Columbia to face Rock Bridge. Andy …
Read More »Prison time on JCMO drug charges
A Jefferson City man will spend 15 years in federal prison without parole for a drug charge. Tremaine Bell pleaded guilty for possessing fentanyl with the intent to sell. Police arrested Bell in 2022 and found a large quantity of heroin, guns and thousands of dollars in cash at a storage …
Read More »Missouri Congressman thinks debate was ‘fixed’
Congressman Mark Alford thought the Presidential debate was a ‘set – up job’ against Donald Trump from the get go … The Kansas City area lawmaker references Kamala Harris’ parroting President Biden’s claim that Trump allegedly sided with protesters during the 2017 Charlottesville Virginia riots “spewing anti-Semitic hate.” Major media …
Read More »SEC Commissioner in Kansas City for today’s vote on Mizzou’s Memorial Stadium project
The UM Board of Curators are expected to vote Thursday afternoon to formally approve a $250-million improvement project for Mizzou’s Memorial Stadium in Columbia. Here is another rendering of Mizzou’s planned $250-million Memorial Stadium improvement project in Columbia (rendering courtesy of Mizzou Athletics senior associate athletic director Ryan Koslen) The …
Read More »Mizzou Patriot Day ceremony to feature bagpipes; 200 American flags in downtown Columbia
You’ll notice 200 American flags this morning at the Boone County war memorial plaza near the Boone County Courthouse in downtown Columbia. American flags were featured across the Mizzou campus in Columbia during the September 11, 2023 ceremony at Mizzou (file photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Mizzou’s Sigma …
Read More »Senator Rowden wraps up his term
When this week’s veto session wraps up, Senator Caleb Rowden will watch his term at the Capitol come to an end. The Senate’s President Pro Tem hopes the 2025 session will mark an end to the GOP infighting that plagued the chamber in recent years … Rowden and Senate leadership …
Read More »The abortion question is back on the ballot
The controversial abortion issue will be on your November ballot. Missouri’s high court ordered Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to put the measure back on the ballot. He removed it Monday after a Friday ruling by a Cole County judge. If it passes, the issue could legalize some forms of …
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