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Jefferson City's approximately 14,000 state employees will receive a pay increase in July. The only question is how much they'll receive. Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Missouri" this morning. Chairman Hough notes the Senate has approved a one percent pay increase for state employees for every two years of...

Five people were shot in three different incidents in Columbia this weekend. A man was shot on Columbia's McGuire Boulevard during a Friday evening argument and suffered minor injuries. A man and woman were shot in Cosmo park late Saturday night during a large party, and two men were shot early Sunday morning in downtown Columbia, just blocks from CPD. Columbia's first-ever Office of Violence Prev...

Missouri's 2025 legislative session in Jefferson City has about a month left. The session ends on Friday May 16 at 6 pm. "Missouri Times" publisher Scott Faughn joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Missouri" this morning and he praises the job that the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is doing. Mr. Faughn tells listeners that MoDOT is accomplishing the things Missourians want. M...

Columbia-based Boone Health says it continues to accept all commercial Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance plans. While negotiations continue, Anthem and Columbia-based MU Health Care have still not reached an agreement. Boone Health president Brady Dubois addressed the issue Saturday morning in-studio on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program. Mr. Dubois tells listeners he doesn’t know any...

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says the rough winter in January and February caused numerous potholes. MoDOT state maintenance director Darin Hamelink joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Missouri" to discuss potholes and what the agency is doing. Mr. Hamelink tells listeners that MoDOT has already spent $8-million this year on potholes, with $5-million of that being spent...

One of Missouri's top business leaders says many small businesses around the Show-Me State are struggling to hire employees. NFIB Missouri president Brad Jones joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Missouri", saying the number of small businesses in Missouri that have jobs that they cannot fill jumped from 34 percent in February to 40 percent in March. Mr. Jones tells listeners that its troub...

Boone County's clerk is forecasting a 25 percent voter turnout for Tuesday's election. Columbia's hotly-contested three-way mayoral race is dominating news headlines, and there's also a key race in Columbia's Fourth ward between Councilman Nick Foster and challenger Ron Graves. Three candidates seek two seats on Columbia's school board, and voters in the Boone County Fire Protection District will...

If a powerful Missouri lawmaker has his way, the Katy trail would be renamed the Bishop Davidson trail and the Missouri State Fair would be renamed as the Bishop Davidson fair. Missouri House Rules Committee chairman Scott Cupps (R-Shell Knob) has filed those and other similar bills essentially to send a message. "Missouri Times" publisher Scott Faughn joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Mi...

Motorists on Paris road can see the new multi-million dollar community center being built near Sylvan and Towne in northeast Columbia’s Whitegate neighborhood, which has high poverty. United Community Builders is building the 22,500 square foot facility, which will be called the Beacon of Light. Senior Bishop and executive director Damian Dean and new development director Rochara Knight of United...

There were no serious injuries or deaths from Wednesday's tornado that struck mid-Missouri’s Pilot Grove. The tornado struck the Katy Manor nursing home, and downed power lines on and near Highway 135. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Pleasant Hill had a survey team in Pilot Grove by Wednesday afternoon. The NWS in Pleasant Hill says it was an EF-2 tornado with 135 mile per hour winds. The to...

University of Missouri officials have been planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony for 11:30 this morning for the $20-million three-story expansion of the MU Research Reactor (MURR), which is near Providence in Columbia. 939 the Eagle News covered the October 2023 groundbreaking ceremony, where then-Governor Mike Parson and others ground broke with a shovel in 90-degree plus heat. UM System President D...

Columbia-based MU Health Care has established a dedicated call center to answer your questions, after the failure of MU Health Care and Anthem to reach an agreement to renew their contracts. MU Health Care’s facilities, including its seven hospitals and 1,200 providers, are now out of Anthem’s commercial network, effective today. The contract expired Monday night. MU Health Care says this means pa...

The Office of Child Advocate (OCA) was established by the Missouri Legislature in 2002 as an agent of accountability with Missouri's Children's Division (CD). The OCA operates under the Office of Administration (OA) and is independent of the Missouri Department of Social Services, Children’s Division, the Department of Mental Health, and the juvenile court. Former State Rep. Becky Ruth (R-Festus)...

Columbia’s My Life Clinic at Providence and Wilkes started as Open Arms pregnancy center in 1992. It aims to support women and families experiencing an unexpected or unsupported pregnancy. They offer services such as pregnancy testing and ultrasound services. Their website also says they provide prenatal and parenting education on pregnancy, baby care, health, birth, parenting, budgeting, and more...

The Boone County Recorder of Deeds office is a critical one that is often overlooked. You will visit Boone County Recorder of Deeds Bob Nolte's office when you get married, if you're refinancing a house, for some land transfers and for military discharge paperwork. Mr. Nolte joined host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle's "CEO Roundtable". Mr. Nolte earned his bachelor's degre...

Despite snow and ice this winter and hail and strong winds this spring, a key state lawmaker says MoDOT's $405-million project to rebuild and six-lane I-70 between Columbia and Kingdom City is on schedule. It's part of a $2.8 billion project to rebuild and six-lane I-70 across Missouri from Wentzville to Blue Springs. State Rep. Jim Schulte (R-New Bloomfield) joined us live on "Wake Up Missouri":

Missouri's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) director says needles, human waste and trash from Columbia's homeless camps can significantly contribute to pollution and water quality issues in the Hinkson creek. Director Kurt Schaefer joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Missouri" to discuss the concerns. He says DNR has received around 30 water quality complaints about Columbia homeless e...

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe is hopeful about a federal disaster declaration following Friday evening’s deadly tornado outbreak that killed at least 12 people. Governor Kehoe says the destruction from the tornado outbreak is growing. Governor Kehoe says the tornadoes destroyed 368 houses and caused major damage to another 366 homes. Governor Kehoe also says that about 8,000 Missourians remain with...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) describes a federal judge's decision to rule in favor of Missouri's $24-billion lawsuit against China as historic. The lawsuit accuses China of hoarding personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic. General Bailey joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Missouri". He tells listeners that he based the lawsuit on a 1976 law passed by the U.S....

Missouri’s governor describes the devastation from Friday evening’s deadly tornado outbreak across the state as heartbreaking. Governor Mike Kehoe and Missouri state troopers say at least 12 people have been killed in the storms. The governor says one person is still missing. He says about 47,000 Missourians remain without power this (Monday) morning. The hardest-hit areas were in southern Missour...

The longtime president of the nation’s second oldest women’s college is in her final few months before she retires. Longtime Stephens College president Dianne Lynch is finishing her 16th and final year as president at Stephens in Columbia, which was founded in 1833. She joined host Fred Parry in-studio this weekend on 939 the Eagle’s "CEO Roundtable" and tells listeners that Stephens has an incred...

The Missouri Senate could vote this month on legislation that would repeal the law that says Mizzou is the exclusive grantor of degrees like medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, law and engineering. A Missouri Senate committee has voted to repeal the law. Missourians for Improving Higher Education co-founder Tom Strong, who’s a Mizzou donor, is pushing for repeal. He tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Misso...

The Missouri Senate Education Committee has voted to approve legislation that would repeal a law that the University of Missouri be the state's only public research university. State Sen. Lincoln Hough's (R-Springfield) Senate Bill 11 would also repeal the law that says Mizzou is the exclusive grantor of research doctorates and professional degrees like dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, pharmac...

NFIB Missouri is a member-driven organization that advocates for small and independent businesses nationwide. One of their top priorities has been workforce challenges and hiring employees. NFIB Missouri's Brad Jones, who has been their state director for 11 years, joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Missouri." Mr. Jones tells listeners that 38 percent of Missouri small businesses currently...

Southwest Missouri’s largest employer is pushing state lawmakers for passage of bipartisan child care tax credit legislation. CoxHealth testifies that it is experiencing workforce shortages due to the childcare crisis, adding that their patients can suffer. Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Kara Corches says the bill is also the Chamber’s top priority. Corches tells 939 the Eagle...