A Columbia woman who is accused of stabbing an MU student to death last year and burning his body is still waiting on a mental health review. 22 – year old Emma Adams is charged with second-degree murder and other crimes. She’s been waiting for a bed at a state …
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The ongoing ‘shoving match’ between Cole County’s assessor and the County Commissioners is back. Assessor Chris Estes says he’s being taken to task over his maintenance plan and a sales ratio study that he filed with the State Tax Commission. Estes says the Commissioners’ issues are all political .. Estes …
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“Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn predicts the Missouri Senate will go to IP reform, when they gavel-in this afternoon at 2 in Jefferson City. Mr. Faughn joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, and he says the Senate will approve IP reform. That’s been a top priority …
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Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres), left, listens as Governor Mike Parson delivers his January 24, 2024 State of the State address in Jefferson City (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Jefferson City’s approximately 14,000 state employees will receive a 3.2 percent pay raise starting in July, …
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Plan on KWOS and 93-9 The Eagle staying ‘live and local’ for a long time. Corporately owned stations in Moberly, Farmington and elsewhere laid off their air staffs last week. Zimmer Communications President John Zimmer says that kind of move goes against everything his father Jerome Zimmer stood for when …
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Three juveniles are on the run after escaping from a Division of Youth Services facility in Fulton. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office and Fulton Police are looking for the trio. The Callaway Sheriff’s Office says it appears the three juveniles stole a car in Fulton and abandoned it in Jefferson …
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A family of geese enjoy the grass after recent rains in mid-Missouri’s Harrisburg area (May 2024 photo courtesy of 939 the Eagle’s Doug Groff) While Mother’s Day weekend was dry in Columbia, it’s been a wet month in Columbia and across mid-Missouri. National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Mark …
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The Boone County Courthouse is in downtown Columbia (2019 file photo from 939 the Eagle) There was a surprise development at the Boone County Courthouse in downtown Columbia Friday afternoon, when a Columbia hazing suspect pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors, in exchange for two felony charges being dropped. Boone County …
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This week’s news that Moberly’s KWIX-KRES Radio had let their entire on-air staff go has generated news stories this week from all three mid-Missouri television stations. Zimmer Communications president John Zimmer joined is live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” to discuss the importance of local radio. …
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Jefferson City’s Capital Region Medical Center is visible from Highway 54 (2024 file photo courtesy of MU Health Care spokesman Eric Maze) The University of Missouri’s vice chancellor for health affairs is praising the integration of Columbia-based MU Health Care and Jefferson City’s Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC). The integration …
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