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Columbia resident Shaunda Hamilton is the founder of Boone County Community Against Violence. She formed it after her daughter, 18-year-old Nadria Wright, was shot to death in 2019 after leaving the McDonald’s on the Business Loop, where she had picked up a milk shake. Ms. Hamilton joined 939 the Eagle’s Fred Parry in-studio for the hour on Saturday morning’s “CEO …

State Rep. Kent Haden (R-Mexico) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on March 21, 2023 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) A state lawmaker who represents three mid-Missouri counties says the massive I-70 expansion project is critical to his district. State Rep. Kent Haden (R-Mexico) represents Audrain, Callaway and Monroe counties. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Haden-I70-1.mp3 “Big, big, …

Zimmer sister station KCMQ’s Atterberry Auction True North Radiothon is Friday August 25, 2023 from 6 am to 6 pm (graphic courtesy of KCMQ) Zimmer sister station KCMQ’s second annual radiothon benefiting Columbia’s True North is underway. True North aims to empower those who have been battered or abused by an intimate partner. KCMQ morning host Shags tells 939 the …

The state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says Jefferson City’s tri-level bridges were built in 1964 and that the “flyover” bridges were built in 1991 (file photo courtesy of MoDOT spokeswoman Marcia Johnson) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says it will take at least $90-million to redesign and replace Jefferson City’s aging tri-level and a nearby expressway. MoDOT central district …

Several thousand people will be in southern Boone County’s Ashland tonight and tomorrow night for the Cattlemen Days rodeo (2022 file photo courtesy of rodeo organizer Chelsea Wren) Big crowds are expected tonight and Saturday night in mid-Missouri’s Ashland, for the 50th annual Cattlemen Days rodeo. It’s been a tradition in southern Boone County since 1973. The rodeo begins tonight …