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Columbia developer John Ott has been involved in projects ranging from managing radio stations to Rocheport’s Schoolhouse Bed and Breakfast to downtown Columbia’s Tiger Hotel to current projects in downtown Columbia. Mr. Ott grew up in Affton, which is in south St. Louis County. He came to the University of Missouri and eventually managed a number of Columbia and Jefferson …

Motorists heading westbound on I-70 get ready to cross the Rocheport bridge on March 27, 2019 (file photo courtesy of MoDOT Flickr page) You can expect delays for most of the weekend on and near the busy I-70 Rocheport bridge, which is about 14 miles west of Columbia. The state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) plans to demolish the Route BB …

Boone County prosecutors have charged 56-year-old Sarah Brown of Columbia with first degree involuntary manslaughter (June 15, 2023 mug shot courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) A Columbia woman who allegedly was operating an unlicensed and illegal daycare out of her home near Paris road has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for the May 25 suffocation death of …

Columbia’s Broadway Hotel is a Doubletree by Hilton (file photo courtesy of the Broadway Hotel’s Facebook page) A Columbia businessman pushing for a downtown conference center predicts it would be successful and would generate additional taxes for the city and Boone County. David Parmley owns the Broadway Hotel downtown and hopes to break ground on the hotel’s second tower in …

The Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison (2023 photo courtesy of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce) Columbia business leaders and elected officials will travel to Madison, Wisconsin for September’s leadership visit. Columbia Chamber of Commerce president Matt McCormick announced the visit during this week’s Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) board meeting at Mizzou. Mr. McCormick tells 939 the Eagle …