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(AUDIO): Columbia-based Peak Sport and Spine co-founders Phillip Smith and Mark Dempsey appear on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”

Missouri’s largest privately-owned outpatient physical therapy company continues to grow. Columbia-based Peak Sport and Spine now has more than 45 offices across the state, as well as facilities in numerous other states. Company founder Phillip Smith says Peak Sport and Spine gets bigger, better and stronger each year. They now have more than 700 employees. That includes employees in Missouri …

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UPDATE: Stephens appointed CPD interim chief

Matt Stephens has been chosen to serve as CPD’s interim chief effective July 31 (photo courtesy of Columbia Police Facebook page) A Columbia native who’s been serving as CPD’s assistant chief will become the interim chief on July 31. The city manager announced Matt Stephens’ appointment this morning, in a Facebook post. Stephens, a Hickman graduate, has been serving as CPD’s …

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UPDATE: Columbia Waffle House suspect acquitted of murder; convicted of illegal gun possession

52-year-old Leo Robinson Jr. has been convicted of illegal gun possession (undated photo courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff Department website) A Boone County jury deliberated about two-and-a half hours on Thursday evening, before acquitting the  Columbia Waffle House suspect of second degree murder and armed criminal action. However, the jury convicted 52-year-old Leo Robinson of illegal gun possession since …

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(AUDIO): Saturday forum set with consulting firm leading search for new Columbia police chief

You have an opportunity on Saturday morning to provide input in what qualities you’d like to see in Columbia’s next police chief. The city hopes to announce its new police chief this fall and has hired Public Sector Search and Consulting to manage the search process. The California-based company’s website describes itself as a “premier, boutique-style, national search firm focused …

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(AUDIO): Columbia-based Peak Sport and Spine now operating in nine states

A woman exercises at a Peak Sport and Spine physical therapy facility (photo courtesy of Peak Sport and Spine website) A Columbia-based company is now Missouri’s largest privately-owned outpatient physical therapy company. Peak Sport and Spine has 45 offices across the Show-Me State. Company founder Phillip Smith grew up in west-central Missouri’s Marshall, which is in Saline County. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Peaksport-1.mp3 “We’re …

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