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Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, city manager De’Carlon Seewood, fire chief Clayton Farr and others break ground for fire station 11 on Scott Boulevard in southwest Columbia (September 27, 2022 file photo courtesy of city of Columbia Facebook) The fastest-growing area of Columbia will have a brand-new fire station in a few months, along with 12 new firefighters to staff the …

A Missouri state trooper patrols the Lake of the Ozarks in 2022 (file photo courtesy of Missouri State Highway Patrol public information officer Meghan Basinger) Missouri state troopers say an eastern Missouri man almost drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks this weekend, due to intoxication. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s incident report says 48-year-old Todd Faulkner of Arnold was …

A Columbia woman charged with pistol-whipping a male juvenile and knocking his teeth out during last Sunday’s chaotic incident at the ARC remains jailed without bond today. She is 37-year-old Lakeisha Thomas, who’s scheduled to be back in court tomorrow afternoon. Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, noting that grandmother …

Columbia broke a daily rainfall record on Sunday, due to the heavy downpours. National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Mark Britt tells 939 the Eagle that Columbia saw 1.35 inches of rain on Sunday. That breaks the previous June 18 record of 1.15 inches set in 1973. Mr. Britt notes Columbia has received 2.86 inches of rain for the …

About 175 people attended Saturday evening’s Juneteenth celebration at Columbia’s Shelter Gardens (June 17, 2023 photo courtesy of former Columbia mayoral candidate Tanya Heath) Today is Juneteenth, which is a federal, Missouri, county and city holiday. It marks the effective end to slavery in the United States, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the U-S. Most federal, Missouri, county …