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The popular Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival in mid-Missouri began in 1991. Hartsburg is known as the “Garden spot of Boone County” (2021 file photo courtesy of the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival) More than 30,000 people are expected to travel to the small mid-Missouri town of Hartsburg for this weekend’s 32nd annual Pumpkin festival. The annual fall event celebrates the pumpkin and promotes …

Columbia’s popular Logboat Brewing Company’s reopening celebration will take place on Saturday (October 2023 photo courtesy of “Inside Columbia” magazine reporter Zola Heck) Big crowds are expected in Columbia on Saturday, as the popular Logboat Brewing Company celebrates its reopening. Saturday’s celebration will take place from noon to 10 pm. Zimmer’s “Inside Columbia” magazine reports the reopening includes two new …

Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe is Missouri’s acting governor, with Governor Mike Parson on an overseas trade mission to Japan. Acting Governor Kehoe, on behalf of Governor Parson, has ordered that the Capitol dome in Jefferson City shine blue and white this weekend, starting tomorrow evening. Parson and Kehoe have issued a joint statement about what’s happed in Israel. It reads, …

Local stroke survivor Thomas Carter IV encourages you to donate blood today (October 9, 2023 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) A local stroke survivor who’s also a sickle cell patient is urging you to consider donating blood on today’s (Thursday) final day of the Mizzou homecoming blood drive at Columbia’s Hearnes Center. Thomas Carter IV of Columbia helped …

Columbia’s Congregation Beth Shalom (CBS) will be holding a vigil for Israel this evening, and all are welcome. Event organizers say tonight’s vigil will begin at 7 at Congregation Beth Shalom, which is on West Green Meadows. Tonight’s vigil will include prayers of remembrance and prayers for peace. Light refreshments will be served, and CBS Rabbi Matt Derrenbacher says the …