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Columbia Mall is located on Stadium Boulevard (2023 photo courtesy of Columbia Mall’s website) We’ll hear a presentation today about the Columbia-area’s current retail landscape. Columbia Mall is hosting this morning’s 11:45 meeting of the Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) board of directors, and mall senior general manager Rusty Strodtman will welcome Columbia-area business leaders and elected officials and will …

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft describes Tyson Foods as a bright spot in rural Missouri. He’s worried about Tyson’s decision to close meat plants in southwest Missouri’s Noel and in southeast Missouri’s Dexter. Secretary Ashcroft tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that Missouri has not had the relationship with Tyson that it should have, adding that Tyson has been …

The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis says damaging wind gusts are possible in mid-Missouri this morning (updated August 9, 2023 graphic courtesy of NWS St. Louis Twitter page) Mid-Missouri could see some heavy rain and a few thunderstorms this morning, and another round of storms is possible this evening. National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Brad Charboneau …

Voters in Jefferson City and Cole County have overwhelmingly defeated a proposed tax increase for the Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City. More than 63 percent of voters opposed the measure. The final vote total involving Proposition L was 3,285 votes in favor, with 5,653 votes against the measure. Proposition L would have increased the assessed valuation of property …

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) says he’s filed 28 lawsuits against President Joe Biden. General Bailey joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that Missouri vs. Biden will be in circuit court this week. Bailey describes the case as the most important First Amendment case in a generation. He also discussed abortion …