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The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Water Division has begun its investigation into Monday morning’s drowning death of Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Matthew Tobben. Mr. Tobben drowned after rescuing two pedestrians stranded in Bear Creek floodwaters. Boone County Fire assistant chief Gale Blomenkamp tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake …

The Democratic nominee for Missouri attorney general is pledging to prosecute corruption and work to end puppy mills. Elad Gross of St. Louis earned his law degree from Washington University and served as an assistant attorney general under then-Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster: https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gross-AG-1.mp3 “Missouri is for the 12th year …

Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Matthew Tobben (right) with his wife Jacquelynn Tobben. They have two boys ages 13 and 9 (photo courtesy of Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Gale Blomenkamp) The Boone County Fire Protection District chief is asking you to keep the family of …

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) has appointed a new House committee to investigate crimes committed by alleged illegal immigrants. Speaker Plocher has named a former Missouri Department of Public Safety (DPS) director as the chair of the new House committee. State Rep. Lane Roberts (R-Joplin) chairs the new …

  Boone County Fire/Missouri Task Force One is based in Columbia (file photo courtesy of the Boone County Fire Protection District) Columbia firefighters confirm that Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Mike Matthew Tobben was killed during rescue operations during this (Monday) morning’s flash flooding in the Columbia area. …

Convicted killer Alyssa Bustamante, who is now 30, is incarcerated in northwest Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center (mug shot courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections website) Cole County’s prosecutor says his office will attend convicted killer Alyssa Bustamante’s parole hearing Monday “and will vehemently argue against Ms. Bustamente being granted …

State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joined Missouri Governor Mike Parson for the I-70 groundbreaking ceremony in Columbia (June 13, 2024 photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) You’ll notice road crews and heavy construction equipment today and tonight east of Columbia, as …

  An American Red Cross volunteer speaks to a reporter Sunday in Jefferson City, before departing for Texas (July 7, 2024 photo courtesy of American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas regional communications director Sharon Watson) CNN is reporting that Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to make landfall in Texas …

Convicted killer Alyssa Bustamante, who is now 30, is incarcerated in northwest Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center (mug shot courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections website) Cole County’s prosecutor says his office will attend convicted killer Alyssa Bustamante’s parole hearing Monday in Chillicothe “and will vehemently argue against Ms. Bustamente …

Fireworks over Columbia’s Stephens Lake park (undated photo courtesy of Columbia Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Tammy Miller) Columbia’s Fourth of July fire in the sky fireworks display is a go for tonight, according to city spokeswoman Sydney Olsen. Columbia’s Parks and Recreation department met this morning to review the National Weather …