Columbia Public Schools (CPS) currently has more than 1,000 two-way radios (June 9, 2023 photo courtesy of CPS’ Michelle Baumstark) The safety and security director at Columbia Public Schools (CPS) will deliver his final safety report this evening to the school board, before he retires. John White is well-known by CPS students and former students. He’s served the district for …
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Former CPS teacher Hayes to be sworn-in tonight; Columbia’s school board set to vote on budget
Former CPS teacher Karen Hayes speaks to KOMU Channel 8 reporter Eric Lovelace, after being selected by Columbia’s school board to finish Katherine Sasser’s term (June 7, 2023 photo courtesy of CPS’ Michelle Baumstark) Columbia’s school board will receive its newest member at tonight’s meeting at the Aslin building on West Worley. The board has chosen Karen Hayes as the …
Read More »Columbia’s bus driver shortage impacting Monday routes
A GoCOMO transit bus operates in Columbia (file photo courtesy of GoCOMO website) Columbia’s continued staffing shortages involving bus drivers has led to GoCOMO transit’s decision to combine bus service routes for Monday. Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan tells 939 the Eagle that there’s currently a shortage of 13 full-time bus drivers. GoCOMO’s bus operators are working a mandatory …
Read More »(AUDIO): Columbia’s Broadway Hotel and Hampton Inn owner David Parmley appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”
Columbia businessman David Parmley describes the city’s hotel industry as recession-proof. He says everyone comes to Columbia at least once a year for something. Mr. Parmley owns the Broadway Hotel in downtown Columbia and the Hampton Inn and Stadium Grill near Faurot Field. He joined 939 the Eagle host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour on Saturday morning’s “CEO Roundtable” …
Read More »UPDATE: Columbia man admits strangling his wife to death in 2006; sentenced to 26 years in prison
41-year-old Keith Comfort has been sentenced to 26 years in prison (undated file photo courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) A Columbia man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, after pleading guilty to second degree murder and abandonment of a corpse for the 2006 death of his wife Megan. Her remains were found in Columbia’s landfill …
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