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First degree murder charges have been filed against the suspect accused of killing two men early Saturday morning inside a popular downtown Jefferson City restaurant and bar. Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson has charged 35-year-old Damien Davis with first degree murder and three other felonies for the incident inside J. Pfenny’s …

Ap — A Missouri inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother was scheduled to be executed Tuesday, though his lawyers are seeking to have the lethal injection halted. Kevin Johnson’s legal team doesn’t deny that he killed Police …

A Cole County woman is at University Hospital after being accidentally shot. Cole County deputies were called to a home on Century Farms Road Sunday afternoon after a 23 year old man said he accidentally shot his 20 year old girlfriend. She was flown to Columbia in critical condition. Century …

A Missouri state trooper patrols the Lake of the Ozarks (2022 file photo courtesy of Missouri State Highway Patrol Lieutenant Eric Brown) Two men from the country of India are dead, after drowning Saturday afternoon at the Lake of the Ozarks. The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. in the …

Ashland State Representative Sara Walsh will have plenty to do after she leaves the Missouri House at the end of this month … Walsh will be working in an educational capacity with the anti – abortion group. Lawmakers are banned from lobbying the Capitol for two years after they leave …

Troopers have recovered the bodies of two men who drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks. The two men were graduate students at St. Louis U. They were both from India. The pair was swimming in the lake but did not resurface. One man’s body was found Saturday. The other …

Flowers and other memorials such as St. Jude candles have been placed outside J. Pfenny’s in downtown Jefferson City, following Saturday morning’s double homicide (November 27, 2022 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) First degree murder charges have been filed against the suspect accused of killing two men early …

Two men are dead and the shooter is in custody after a shooting at a downtown Jefferson City bar early Saturday. The two victims were 26-year-old Skylar Smock and 43-year-old Corey Thames of Jefferson City. Damien Davis of Kansas City is charged in the fatal shooting which started as a …

Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy says the Columbia city council’s 4-3 vote against the FUSUS camera system came with a call for change in the city’s approach to violent crime. Mr. Murphy joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Round Table.” They discussed …

Mizzou fans cheer on the Tigers at Faurot Field in Columbia (file photo courtesy of Mizzou athletics spokesman Ryan Koslen) The Mizzou Tiger football team is playing for more than a 180-pound trophy on Friday afternoon in Columbia against Arkansas: they’re also playing for bowl eligibility. Eli Drinkwitz’s Tigers are …