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(AP) — A constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will move forward after a Cole County judge on Tuesday broke a standoff between two Republican officials that had halted the process. Judge Jon Beetem ordered Attorney General Andrew Bailey to approve fellow Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s estimated $51,000 price tag on the …

A Mid – Missouri construction company will pays thousands of dollars in fines over the job site death of a worker. Lehman Construction of Moniteau County agreed to the OSHA penalties after 22 – year old Connor Ernst died while working on a bridge in Clay County last year. Three …

CPS’ Field building on Columbia’s Rangeline will house a new CPS primary care health center (2023 photo courtesy of Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark) The Columbia Public Schools (CPS) superintendent wants district patrons to know that CPS’ Field building on Rangeline will remain a school building, when a new …

Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city of Columbia website) Columbia’s city manager says he supports Columbia’s police officers. 75 percent of Columbia’s general fund is for public safety, under the last budget proposed by city manager De’Carlon Seewood and approved by the city council. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Seewood-Police-1.mp3 …

Columbia’s municipal power plant is operated by Columbia Utilities (2022 file photo courtesy of Utilities spokesman Matt Nestor) Columbia officials are recommending that the city council approve a proposed electric utility rate increase at tonight’s meeting. The meeting begins at 7 at city hall. Columbia’s city council is scheduled to …

21-year-old Emma Rose Adams remains jailed in Boone County (January 2023 mug shot courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) We may learn new details this afternoon about a defense attorney’s attempt to have his Columbia client committed to the state Department of Mental Health (DMH). Attorney Jeffery Hilbrenner …

A Missouri state trooper patrols the Lake of the Ozarks in 2022 (file photo courtesy of Patrol photographer Rachel Hays) The Lake of the Ozarks has seen its first drowning in 2023. Missouri state troopers say 30-year-old Kendall Henderson of Chicago drowned in the main channel on Sunday evening, after …

Here’s one positive that most Mid – Missouri public safety agencies can’t claim … That’s Jefferson City Fire Chief Matt Schofield. Capital City voters approved a one – quarter cent public safety sales tax in 2021. That tax is expected to generate almost $3 – million a year for the …

The judge has set a December trial for a man accused of killing his high school classmate 30 – years ago. 46 – year old William Chris Niemet faces first degree murder charges that weren’t filed until 2020, Niemet is accused of killing his Russellvile classmate Greg Jones in 1991 …

Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, city manager De’Carlon Seewood, fire chief Clayton Farr and others break ground for fire station 11 on Scott Boulevard in southwest Columbia (September 27, 2022 file photo courtesy of city of Columbia Facebook) The fastest-growing area of Columbia will have a brand-new fire station in a …