Law enforcement and emergency crews pull a truck in the Missouri River near Coopers Landing in Boone County Wednesday afternoon. No one was inside. Investigators say the truck had been in a crash back in May and apparently had been in the river ever since.
Read More »Outgoing Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee chairman Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) says he’s prepared to take legal action, if Columbia’s school board doesn’t certify his name for the April school board ballot. Chairman Basye joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri.” Tuesday was the final day …
Read More »Governor Mike Parson (R) appointed a familiar name in state government as Missouri’s next attorney general. The governor announced the appointment of Andrew Bailey in late November. Mr. Bailey has been serving as general counsel for the governor’s office. Bailey will be sworn-in as Missouri’s next attorney general on January …
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Officials in mid-Missouri’s Mexico say there is an open investigation into Friday’s deadly blaze at an apartment building on West Breckenridge. Mexico Public Safety Department (MPSD) Major Brice Mesko tells 939 the Eagle that they would appreciate any information that anyone has on the fire, which killed 60-year-old Ruth Ann …
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State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on February 7, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) A key mid-Missouri Democratic state lawmaker is confident that GOP Governor Mike Parson will again fund Medicaid expansion in his proposed budget, …
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Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) speaks on the Missouri Senate floor in Jefferson City on May 12, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Harrison Sweazea at Senate Communications) Missouri’s top Senate Republican says communication will be key for his party, during the 2023 legislative session. Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden …
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A teenage girl from St. James dies in a crash with a freight train. Troopers say 18 – year old Cadey Rogers didn’t yield to the Burlington Northern train at a crossing in Phelps County.
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Lawyers are asking for a continuance for a man accused of killing two men last month at a Jefferson City bar. Damien Davis of Kansas City is charged with murder in the shooting deaths of Skylar Smock and Corey Thames at J. Pfenny’s Sports Bar in Jefferson City last month. …
Read More »U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) has been working with the Missouri Propane Gas Association and with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office regarding the sudden closing of Gygr-Gas. Congressman Luetkemeyer tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that the closing left some of his mid-Missouri constituents without propane, during …
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The new Tacos4Life is located on Columbia’s East Green Meadows (December 20, 2022 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Jeff Ausmus) The dining room and the drive-through at Columbia’s new Tacos4Life restaurant on East Green Meadows have been busy. Their three-day soft opening was earlier this month. Reporter Zola Crowder from …
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