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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.

Everyone walked away from two Mid – Missouri plane crash landings Sunday. Two men were uninjured after landing in a bean field near the Moberly Airport. Their plane ran out of fuel. Another pilot was unhurt when his powered hang glider crashed into some powerlines near Fortuna.

(AP) — St. Louis and other cities in Missouri would be blocked from cracking down on guns under a newly proposed constitutional amendment. A petition for a November 2024 vote on the proposal, filed this week, also would require parents’ permission for minors to use and carry firearms. Missouri currently has …

Columbia Public Schools (CPS) Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood says his aim is for CPS to be the best school district in Missouri. Superintendent Yearwood joined host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program. Dr. Yearwood tells listeners that the district’s back-to-school convocation event at Mizzou …