About 50 to 60 Veterans United employees, who are veterans, recently gathered in Columbia to pack winter care kits for homeless veterans (November 2022 photo courtesy of VU community relations manager Chad Moller) The nation’s largest VA lender says its recent thanks to veterans tour shined a light on the …
Read More »Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel will be inducted into the National Football Foundation college football hall of fame Tuesday in Las Vegas. He’ll also be recognized during Saturday’s SEC championship game as an SEC Legend. Mr. Pinkel is the winningest head coach at Mizzou (2001-2015) and at Toledo, where …
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A scene from Shelter Insurance’s 2021 Winter Wonderland in Columbia (2021 file photo courtesy of Shelter spokesman Brad Johnson) A big crowd is expected Thursday evening in Columbia, for Shelter Insurance’s 57th annual tree lighting ceremony. The event takes place at the popular Shelter Gardens on Broadway. Tomorrow night’s event …
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You can call it a ‘much – needed’ windfall for Lincoln University. President Dr. John Moseley says, thanks to state lawmakers and the Governor, the college will get the full amount of federal funding this coming year … That amounts to nearly $10 – million for Lincoln’s ag programs. Moseley …
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The Polar Plunge for Missouri Special Olympics is on tonight in downtown Jefferson City. Mid – Missouri politicians and others will get sprayed down with icy water in their effort to raise funds for Special Olympics. The event happens at 5 at the corner of High and Madison. The participants …
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(AP) — A Missouri man convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother was executed Tuesday night. Kevin Johnson, 37, died after an injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was the state’s second execution this year and …
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Governor Mike Parson (right) listens, after appointing Andrew Bailey as Missouri’s next Attorney General on November 23, 2022 (photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Barring intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court or a federal judge, a convicted murderer from the St. Louis area will be executed this evening at …
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The J Pfenny’s Sports Grill and Pub in downtown Jefferson City remains closed (November 27, 2022 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Friends of the J. Pfenny’s employee who was shot to death early Saturday morning in downtown Jefferson City have established a gofundme. The money will go toward …
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The historic Cole County Courthouse in downtown Jefferson City (2021 file photo from 939 the Eagle) A man charged with killing an employee and customer at a downtown Jefferson City restaurant and bar this weekend has made his initial court appearance in Cole County Circuit Court. 35-year-old Damien Davis of …
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43-year-old Montrez Ricketts is currently jailed without bond in Boone County (November 29, 2022 photo courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s website) Criminal charges are pending against a Columbia man following Monday morning’s rolling gun battle on Paris road, north of I-70. It happened at about 11:20 am near the …
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