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The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says a six-year-old child who was a passenger in this week’s horrific head-on collision on East New Haven road has died at a hospital. The Department posted the update on its Facebook page this morning. Deputies say the six-year-old boy was a rear seat passenger in 34-year-old Steve Drupp of Fulton’s vehicle. Deputies say the …

A Special Olympics athlete participates in the 2022 games at Columbia’s Hickman high school (file photo courtesy of Special Olympics Missouri spokesman Andrew Kauffman) Columbia’s hotels, restaurants and stores will be extra-busy tonight, tomorrow and Sunday, as the Special Olympics Missouri state summer games get underway. The opening ceremony is tonight at 7 at MizzouRec: Zimmer broadcasters Liz and Scotty …

William “Chris” Niemet (2020 file photo) The murder trial for a mid-Missouri man charged with killing his classmate in Russellville in 1991 has been delayed. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel P. Green has delayed the trial at the request of attorneys for 46-year-old William Niemet, who say there have delays on defense scientific testing. They’re not being specific on what …

U.S. Rep. Mark Alford (R-Raymore) is one of 72 House Republicans to vote no on the bill to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 2025. Congressman Alford joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” this morning, telling listeners that he will never vote for what Washington wants, but will always vote for what residents in west-central …

Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (photo courtesy of city of Columbia website) Columbia’s city manager highlighted the city’s explosive growth during Wednesday’s state of the city address. De’Carlon Seewood tells reporters and residents that the city has already plotted more than 400 residential lots this fiscal year, with many more in the pipeline. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Seewood-Stateofcity-1.mp3 “We’ve also seen many new businesses …