A Holts Summit man who robbed the Dollar General on Missouri Blvd. will spend eight years in prison. Tyler Williams pled guilty to federal weapons charges. He was accused of holding up a clerk at gunpoint in the store back in 2021.
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Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe (second from left) poses with performers after the January 19, 2023 Columbia Values Diversity Celebration. Mayor Buffaloe tweeted after the event that “as hate crimes against drag show locations and performers are being committed in other communities, we want to reaffirm that Columbia is a community …
Read More »U.S. Rep. Mark Alford (R-Harrisonville) has filed new federal legislation aimed at increasing meat processing capacity in Missouri and nationwide. Congressman Alford’s bill is titled the “Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A-PLUS) Act.” Congressman Alford tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that the bill would increase …
Read More »Police are searching for an 18-year old girl from Columbia who went missing late last week. Officers say Elexis Martin has not been seen since last Thursday around 2 p.m. She was last seen near a home on Garth Avenue and Ash Street. She was wearing a pink and blue …
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Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe (left) congratulates Jabberwocky Studios executive director Linda Schust and board member Jeff Sossamon (January 19, 2023 photo courtesy of Jabberwocky) A popular Columbia nonprofit that provides youth and children with high-quality free or low cost programming in art and dance has received a diversity award. Jabberwocky …
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State Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on April 27, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) A mid-Missouri state lawmaker says his tax credit bill has the potential to bring film production back to Missouri. State Rep. Kurtis Grgeory …
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It’s the Host Lions Ham and Bean and Chili Day! The Host Lions are serving box lunches of ham and beans or chili at Selinger Center at St. Peter Church in Jefferson City. 11am to 1:30pm and again from 4pm to 6:30 today (wed). There’s a convenient drive through. All …
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The massive October 22, 2022 blaze in rural Wooldridge burned about 3,000 acres (file photo from 939 the Eagle listener Stephen McBee) Missouri’s Senate President Pro Tem has met with Governor Mike Parson’s chief of staff to discuss possible state assistance for fire-damaged Wooldridge. State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is …
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The former chief of the Cole County Fire Protection District passes away. Donnie Braun died Sunday. He was 82. Braun was one of the original founding members of the Cole County Volunteer Department back in the late 1960’s. Services for Donnie Braun are Thursday at 3:30-pm with a prayer service …
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(AP) — The city of St. Louis will pay nearly $5 – million to settle claims by people who were arrested during a protest in 2017 over the acquittal of a police officer in the shooting death of a Black man. According to a proposed class action settlement filed last week, the …
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