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A Missouri state trooper patrols a mid-Missouri highway (2023 file photo courtesy of Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain John Hotz) A St. Robert man has been arrested for driving while intoxicated for Wednesday morning’s horrific head-on collision on busy Highway 63 near Ashland. The crash seriously injured another motorist from Eldon. The crash happened at about 9:20 am on southbound …

52-year-old Leo Barry Robinson Jr. of Columbia is charged with second degree murder (undated photo courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff Department website) Jury selection is scheduled to begin this morning at the Boone County Courthouse for a Columbia man charged with killing a man at the Waffle House on Vandiver in 2021. 939 the Eagle News was at the …

The popular Twain inside voco the Tiger Hotel in downtown Columbia has added barbecue to its menu (2023 photo courtesy of Twain) You now have another barbecue option in downtown Columbia. Voco Tiger Hotel’s Twain Missouri Taproom has reopened as Twain Missouri BBQ. Zimmer’s “Inside Columbia” magazine reports the grand reopening was held Tuesday during the Fourth of July. Sales …

Columbia firefighters are still investigating the Fourth of July blaze near I-70’s Lake of the Woods exit (July 4, 2023 photo courtesy of CFD Twitter page) Columbia firefighters say no injuries are reported in Tuesday evening’s residential structure fire near I-70 Drive Southeast, near I-70’s Lake of the Woods exit. Columbia firefighters have posted photos of the blaze on its …

Missouri Governor Mike Parson and Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones (right) discuss police recruitment and retention on April 25, 2022 in Jefferson City (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Twitter page) While Columbia has seen several recent high-profile murders, city manager De’Carlon Seewood says our community is a safe one. He tells 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” that Columbia has …