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State Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) speaks on the Missouri Senate floor in Jefferson City on February 14, 2023 (file photo courtesy of Senate Communications spokesman Dean Morgan) A state senator who represents three mid-Missouri counties in the 939 the Eagle listening area is running for secretary of state next year. State Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) says election integrity would be …

World Abuse Awareness Day is Thursday June 15. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says five-million Americans experience elder abuse each year. Secretary Ashcroft tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that some seniors are being abused financially and physically. He encourages anyone with information about elder abuse to call the secretary of state’s vulnerable citizens unit hotline number at …

CPS’ Field building on Columbia’s Rangeline will house a new CPS health care center (2023 photo courtesy of Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark) Columbia’s school board has given the green light to a 12-page memorandum of understanding to establish a school-based primary care health center for students. CPS’ Michelle Baumstark tells 939 the Eagle that it will be housed …

A view from a guest room at downtown Columbia’s Broadway Hotel (file photo courtesy of Broadway Hotel Facebook page) A Columbia businessman who owns the popular Broadway Hotel in downtown Columbia aims to begin construction in the next 30 days on the hotel’s second tower. David Parmley tells 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” that he’s been working on the second …

Columbia-based MU Health Care and longtime Jefferson City affiliate Capital Region Medical Center plan to fully integrate the two organizations into an integrated academic health care system. They are currently two separate corporations. University of Missouri vice chancellor for health affairs Nim Chinniah and Capital Region Medical Center’s Gaspare Calvaruso joined us live in-studio on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up …