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Missouri’s 2024 GOP and Democratic gubernatorial primaries are fast approaching. Election day is Tuesday August 6. “Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that GOP Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe has triple the amount of money of both of his major …

Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) employees joined Governor Mike Parson for the I-70 groundbreaking ceremony in Columbia (June 13, 2024 photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) While most of the news media focus on the $405-million project to improve and expand mid-Missouri’s I-70 has been on Columbia, nearby Kingdom …

Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman helped write the law that banned most abortions in Missouri. And now she’s running for Secretary of State. Jay Ashcroft’s staff is working to ‘vet’ nearly 400,000 petition signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would again legalize abortion … Coleman says …

A teenage mother is accused of leaving a newborn infant behind a shed in Maries County. Our news partner ABC – 17 says authorities did not say when or where the baby was found but said the infant was alive. They claim a 17-year-old girl who recently gave birth abandoned …

Missouri’s governor was joined by state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) employees at Thursday’s I-70 groundbreaking ceremony in Columbia (June 14, 2024 photo courtesy of Governor Parson’s Flickr page) Missouri’s governor says the state’s $2.8 billion I-70 expansion and improvement plan will be a model for the nation. A groundbreaking ceremony …

More than 1,200 residents in the Centralia, Hallsville and Harrisburg areas have lost power, from Thursday night’s storms in mid-Missouri. Boone Electric Cooperative says there were about 30 outages overall at one point, with about 2,500 members impacted at one point last night. Crews have worked around-the-clock to restore power …

Missouri Governor Mike Parson signs a football for a fan in northwest Missouri’s St. Joseph on July 28, 2023 (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Kansas lawmakers head back to Topeka next week for a special legislative session regarding the Kansas City Chiefs. Some Kansas lawmakers want to …

Crews from Columbia-based Boone Electric Cooperative worked throughout the night, trying to restore power to a few thousand mid-Missouri residents. Thursday night’s severe thunderstorms prompted tornado warnings in Boone, Callaway and Audrain counties, along with numerous severe thunderstorm warnings across the entire 939 the Eagle listening area. About 2,500 Boone Electric …

Governor Mike Parson uses an appearance on KWOS ‘Wake Up Mid – Missouri’ to endorse some of his fellow Republicans … Parson initially appointed then Senator and now gubernatorial candidate Mike Kehoe to the Lt. Governor’s job after Parson became Governor when Eric Greitens resigned. Andrew Bailey was appointed as …

The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for mid-Missouri’s Callaway and Osage counties until 11 pm (June 13, 2024 graphic courtesy of NWS St. Louis Twitter) Crews from Columbia-based Boone Electric Cooperative are expected to work throughout the night, trying to restore power …