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State Department of Transportation (MoDOT) crews remove a piece of the steel truss from the Missouri River at Rocheport on September 11, 2023 (photo courtesy of MoDOT spokeswoman Marcia Johnson) State transportation officials say contractors continue to work around-the-clock at the I-70 Rocheport bridge west of Columbia to remove six-million …

(AP) — Abortion-rights advocates asked a judge on Monday to rewrite what they call misleading descriptions of several constitutional amendments on abortion that voters could see on Missouri’s 2024 ballot. Missouri is among several states, including Ohio, where abortion opponents are fighting efforts to ensure or restore access to the …

Remnants of the old Missouri River bridge at Rocheport are still in the river after the bridge was blown up Sunday morning. Mo-Dot and the contractor Lunda Construction had 24 hours to open up a channel for boat and barge traffic. But MoDOT now says the cleanup will take longer.

There’s still no love lost between two GOP Missouri Senators who battled over gun rights at the Capitol. Republican Bill Eigel doesn’t expect their relationship will improve anytime soon … x020912 Hough joined Democrats to vote against a bill that was designed to block federal funding for “red flag” gun …

State Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring), who chairs the Missouri Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Pensions Committee, has formally kicked off his GOP gubernatorial campaign. Senator Eigel joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri, telling listeners that there were more than 1,000 people at Friday’s campaign kickoff …

New Jefferson City administrator Brian Crane is introduced to the news media on August 8, 2023 at Jefferson City’s Courtyard by Marriott (file photo from 939 the Eagle’s John Marsh) Moberly’s outgoing city manager Brian Crane says the Magic City is doing well. Crane tells 939 Eagle that Moberly is …

Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs has sentenced 51-year-old Rickey Lee Murry to 18 Years in prison (photo courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) A convicted felon from Columbia has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing a man over $3 following a Douglass park dice …

Mizzou’s Columns on its Columbia campus (2022 file photo courtesy of MU News Bureau senior editor Sara Diedrich) You have two opportunities this morning in Columbia to attend Patriot Day ceremonies to remember the lives lost in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania. …

Missouri state troopers say a paraglider pilot suffered minor injuries after Sunday evening’s crash in Fortuna (September 10, 2023 photo courtesy of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F’s website) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be sending a representative to mid-Missouri’s Fortuna this morning, after Sunday evening’s paraglider crash …

Athletes and friends gathered to wish legendary Jefferson City Jays head football coach Pete Adkins at Happy Birthday over the weekend. Coach Adkins is 99.