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Walk On’s is remodeling the former Houlihan’s restaurant in Columbia’s Broadway Bluffs (November 21, 2022 file photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Columbia’s city council has given the green light to a popular new Cajun restaurant that’s co-owned by former New Orleans star quarterback Drew Brees. The city council …

Your lawmakers will take another shot at making it tougher to change Missouri’s constitution. Jefferson City Rep. Dave Griffith says they’ll re-introduce a bill that seeks to require two – thirds of the voters to okay a constitutional amendment rather than the current simple majority … That bill passed the …

A bond hearing is delayed in the case of a man charged in two fatal shootings in a Jefferson City bar. Damien Davis is accused of shooting and killing Skylar Smock and Corey Thames at J Pfennys Bar Thanksgiving weekend. The bond hearing has been pushed back to later this …

Blair Oaks School District officials name a new superintendent. Capital City High School Principal Ben Meldrum will take over the job next summer. Meldrum was the principal at the Simonsen Ninth Grade Center before taking over at Capital City High School opened. He’ll replace Jim Jones who retired.

State Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) chaired the Missouri House interim committee on veteran mental health and suicide this summer. He joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” today, telling listeners that Missouri ranks fourth in the nation in veteran suicides. He’s pre-filed House Bill 132, which …

One of the numerous displays at the Winter Wonderland at Columbia’s Shelter Gardens on Broadway (December 2, 2022 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Columbia residents packed the popular Shelter Gardens on Friday and Saturday evenings to experience the Winter Wonderland garden of lights. Shelter’s 57th annual tree lighting …

These are some of the new toys donated by the community during the 2021 Toys for Columbia Youth Drive (2021 file photo courtesy of Columbia Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Tammy Miller) You still have an opportunity to make Christmas brighter for a less fortunate child in Columbia. The Columbia Parks …

Friends, family members and strangers have written messages on the windows at J Pfenny’s in downtown Jefferson City, in memory of murder victims Skylar Smock and Corey Thames (December 4, 2022 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) A man charged with last weekend’s brutal killings of an employee and …

State Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) speaks on the Missouri Senate floor in Jefferson City on January 11, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Harrison Sweazea at Senate Communications) A veteran state senator from eastern Missouri’s Weldon Spring has unveiled a proposal to rebuild heavily-traveled I-70 from Wentzville to Blue Springs, …

A BNSF freight train hits a vehicle, killing the driver. The accident happened Saturday near Sturgeon. The vehicle’s driver was killed but no one else was injured. The tracks were closed for hours while investigators were on scene.