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Columbia’s city council held its first budget work session over the weekend. This comes after city manager De’Carlon Seewood presented his proposal for the city’s $533 million budget last week. The proposed budget includes $10 million for city employee pay raises and the creation of a new city department focusing on affordable housing and home ownership. There will be three …

UM System President Dr. Mun Choi says the goal of building a new and larger research reactor in Columbia is to help cure cancer. President Choi joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”, telling listeners that a second reactor will cost approximately $1-billion to build. He predicts construction will take anywhere …

Two people have been killed in Thursday’s horrific plane crash at the Lake of the Ozarks (July 13, 2023 photo courtesy of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F’s Twitter page) An investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is currently en route to the site of that deadly plane crash at the Lake of the Ozarks. NTSB spokeswoman …

American flags flying in mid-Missouri You’ll see dozens of bikers Saturday morning and afternoon riding across Callaway County, helping raise money for veterans. It’s all part of Saturday’s poker run for Amvets post 153’s Frogs and Hogs event in Mokane. Post first vice commander David Perrigo says this is about veterans helping veterans. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-Amvets-1.mp3 “We help locally with our members …

State Sen. William Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) says Republicans need to get back to the founding principles of the GOP platform. He’s seeking Missouri’s GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2024 and says voters want someone who will challenge the coalitions that he says are entrenched in Jefferson City. Senator Eigel joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, and blasts …