A few thousand people attended Saturday’s Bicentennial events near the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. Saturday morning’s parade attracted the Budweiser Clydesdales, Marching Mizzou and numerous other entries. The grand marshal was 98-year-old Worl...
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GP Made Foundation, United Way and others team up to provide books for CPS students in need
Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel’s foundation, GP Made, has provided $10,000 to purchase 2,600 books for disadvantaged first and second grade Columbia Public School (CPS) students. CPS Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood praises Coach Pinkel and ...
Read More »Larger-than-expected turnout at weekend Jefferson City fly-in
About 3,500 people attended Saturday’s “Fly into the 40s” fly-in at Jefferson City’s Memorial Airport, which featured World War II-era planes. Airport manager Eric Bowers tells 939 the Eagle that Doc and Norm Direct provided shuttles from ABB throughou...
Read More »Columbia’s City Council to vote on budget and fire grant on Monday night
Columbia’s City Council will likely to give final approval to the proposed $475-million fiscal year 2022 budget at Monday night’s meeting. The council is also expected to vote to accept a $178,000 federal grant to purchase critical communication ...
Read More »Two people shot in downtown Columbia this weekend
Columbia Police are still looking for the suspect or suspects who shot two people this weekend on North Fifth Street downtown. The incident happened at about 2:30 Saturday morning. ABC-17 crews observed one victim being taken away in a stretcher, and a...
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‘Wrath of Man’: Watch trailer for Jason Statham’s bloody reunion with ‘Snatch’ director Guy Ritchie
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures © 2021 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) -- In 1998, a then-unknown director named Guy Ritchie and an even less-known former Olympic diver named Jason Statham collab...
Read More »After relaxing “No Zoom” policy, Oscars opening awards-night venues in Europe
Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.(LOS ANGELES) -- In a Zoom call Tuesday morning with nominees, Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh and the other producers of this year's Academy Awards telecast announced the ceremony will allow European...
Read More »‘Dancing with the Stars’ renewed for season 30
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) -- ABC just announced that its hit reality competition series Dancing with the Stars will return for a landmark 30th season. Host Tyra Banks and judges Len Goodman, Derek Hough, ...
Read More »Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s tequila brand giving back to COVID-strapped bar and restaurant workers
Courtesy Teramana tequila(LOS ANGELES) -- (NOTE LANGUAGE) Superstar and spirits entrepreneur Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is using his successful tequila brand, Teramana, to raise money for bar and restaurant workers whose bottom lines were...
Read More »Jennifer Love Hewitt reflects on answering “gross” questions about her body when she was younger
Mathieu Young/ FOX(LOS ANGELES) -- I Know What You Did Last Summer star Jennifer Love Hewitt says she now cringes whenever she looks back at her old interviews -- not because of what she said, but because of what she was asked. Speaking with Vultu...
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