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The Border Patrol and Texas law enforcement have seen as many as 10,000 migrants come across the U-S border in recent days. Missouri Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer says the situation is out of control .. While the current border bill before the Senate was ‘dead on arrival’, Luetkemeyer puts the blame …

A bond issue in Ashland goes down to defeat Tuesday. The measure asked voters to allow the city to combine bonds to fund both the sewage and water systems. About 8% of the voters went to the polls. It failed by a 21 vote margin. Ashland city officials say the …

Voters in southern Boone County’s Ashland have defeated a $40-million ballot measure involving waterworks and sewage. Ashland voters defeated the measure by a 138-117 vote; a simple majority was needed for passage. Our news partner KMIZ reports the city of Ashland wanted to combine its waterworks and sewage system revenue …

Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz (right) poses with Missouri Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson at the Tiger hoops game at Mizzou Arena in Columbia on January 31, 2024 (photo courtesy of Governor Parson’s Flickr page) The UM System president is ecstatic about a $62-million donation to Mizzou …

Volunteers from Columbia’s Home Depot donated their time to paint and redecorate the aging ballroom (January 23, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Volunteers from Columbia’s Home Depot have painted the ballroom at the aging American Legion post on Route WW, which is 60 years old. Herbert Williams …

Columbia fifth ward city councilman Donald Waterman (file photo courtesy of city of Columbia website) You’ll soon have to pay the same five percent lodging tax that hotels pay, when you stay at a Columbia Airbnb or other short-term rental property. Columbia’s city council voted 5-1 Monday evening to approve …

Then State Reps. and authors Dave Muntzel (R-Boonville), left, and Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte) at their 2021 book signing at Sedalia’s Reader’s World bookstore (file photo courtesy of former Representative Muntzel) A state senator from southwest Missouri’s Springfield praises the legacy of a former Missouri House Higher Education Committee chair …

Mike Bernskoetter is getting fed up with the Freedom Caucus. He says the small faction of GOP Senators is playing into the hands of the Democrats by tying up work with the filibusters … Senator Bill Eigel and members of the Freedom Caucus have used filibusters to tie up work …

Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz thanks Governor Mike Parson for signing the bipartisan NIL bill during a bill-signing ceremony at Columbia’s Memorial Stadium (August 15, 2023 file photo courtesy of Mizzou Athletics senior associate athletic director Ryan Koslen) A $62-million donation announced Monday in Columbia is the largest gift commitment …

Columbia’s new P.E.A.C.E. and H.O.P.E center for youth program director Fuquana Haggard grew up in North New Jersey and experienced trauma and bullying while growing up (January 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Leaders of the new youth center on Columbia’s South Providence describe it as a safe …