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Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) says the Legislature could have hit a grand slam on Friday, but instead hit a double or possibly a triple. While he’s pleased with the session, Speaker Plocher tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that some senators put themselves above the state on Friday, describing their behavior as selfish. Speaker Plocher is …

Columbia’s Hickman high school was built in 1927 (file photo courtesy of the CPS website) More than 1,300 students from the class of 2023 will graduate from Columbia Public Schools (CPS) this week. Douglass and Hickman graduate on Friday, while Battle and Rock Bridge graduate on Saturday. Douglass’ 82 graduates will walk across the stage Friday morning at 10 at …

MoDOT’s preferred alternative for Columbia’s I-70 and Highway 63 interchange contains two flyovers (November 2, 2022 file photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) You have an opportunity today to see proposed plans to beautify the area around Columbia’s sprawling I-70 and Highway 63 interchange, which is scheduled to be improved in the next few years. An interested parties meeting …

Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe, left, listens to Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Wilson deliver the annual State of the Judiciary address in Jefferson City on February 8, 2023 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) Hundreds of people packed Jefferson City’s Capital Bluffs venue Tuesday evening, as Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (R) launched his 2024 …

A federal grand jury has indicted a man from mid-Missouri’s Lohman on three counts relating to producing child pornography. Federal agents and others arrested 30-year-old Anthony Pitts-Fugate at his Lohman home in April and he remains in federal custody, pending a detention hearing. Lohman, a town of about 175 residents, is west of Jefferson City. Online court records show Pitts-Fugate …