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Jefferson City Parks and Recreation director Todd Spaulding has resigned. The city send a release with news Friday. Spaulding had been on unpaid leave since August and was required to take a professional training course before he could return. Spaulding had worked for the department for seven years. Eric Grefrath will serve as interim parks director.

Missouri Governor Mike Parson, state Department of Agriculture (MDA) director Chris Chinn (right) and others gather at the popular Missouri Beef House at the state fair in Sedalia on August 10, 2023 (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Missouri’s governor is crediting state Department of Agriculture (MDA) director Chris Chinn of Clarence and department employees for what he …

(Reporter Steve Patton and Monte Lyons at Kennett radio station KBOA contributed to this story) While a warrant has been issued for her arrest on a felony arson charge, authorities in southeast Missouri’s Dunklin County have not arrested Columbia restaurant owner Crystal Umfress at this time. Court documents obtained by 939 the Eagle have provided more details of the July …

38-year-old Mark Achterberg is charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action (2021 mug shot courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) A trial date is expected to be set soon for a Columbia man charged with killing a man in 2021 and then fleeing to Iowa, before being captured. 38-year-old Mark Alan Achterberg is charged in Boone …

Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city of Columbia website) Columbia’s city manager says no number of traffic injuries or deaths are acceptable. City manager De’Carlon Seewood is hopeful that a $1.4 million dollar federal grant will help Columbia reduce traffic fatalities. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Seewood-Crashes-1.mp3 “We have to make sure our streets are safe. We have to make …