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Police responded to reports of weekend gunshots in northwest Columbia. ABC 17 reports it happened late Saturday night on Newton Drive, near Providence and Vandiver. Officers say they found property damage, but it doesn’t appear that anyone was hurt. There is no suspect information released yet.

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 …