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Boone County plans to adopt legislation that comes from Jefferson City in the next few weeks that would grant senior citizens the ability to get a freeze on property tax increases for their primary residences. Voters approved Proposal 1 asking for the tax relief on April 2. County commissioners held a public hearing on Thursday. CoMoBUZ.com reports that commissioners told …

Boone County purchased a building last week on 7th Street in downtown Columbia that is currently occupied by the Holder Susan Slusher law firm. The county now owns all the property in that block west of the county building between 6th and 7th streets, Ash and Walnut. They paid $1.07 million cash for the building. Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick tells …

A former Father Tolton basketball star and member of the Columbia’s Porter basketball family was sentenced to prison on Friday. 22-year-old Coban Porter, the brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was sentenced to six years in a Colorado prison for the death of a woman in a drunk driving crash last year. Coban Porter was driving drunk about …

This weekend’s Cleek family bowling for autism event at Columbia’s AMF Town and Country lanes raised between $30,000 and $35,000, according to businessman John Cleek. Mr. Cleek tells 939 the Eagle that this is the event’s 21st year. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Cleek-Bowling-1.mp3 “And a grand total over the 21 years of $575,000, so. I’m really proud of that, and we couldn’t have done …

Missouri’s governor says describes the approximately 5,000 high school students who attended the state FFA convention in Columbia as the future of agriculture, Missouri, and the nation. Governor Mike Parson drew thunderous applause from the students Friday afternoon at the Hearnes Center, when he asked them if they’re proud to wear their blue jackets. The governor tells 939 the Eagle …