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A Boone County judge has set bond at $1-million for 37-year-old Dr. Travis Birkhead of Columbia (October 2022 mug shot courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) A Columbia doctor charged with raping a woman he met at the Black and Gold tavern in October is set to appear in Boone County Circuit Court Friday afternoon. 37-year-old Dr. Travis …

Schnucks executive vice president of supermarkets Ted Schnuck (left), Urban League of St. Louis President Michael McMillan, Schnucks director of community engagement Schron Jackson, Urban League of St. Louis vice president Tom Bailey and Schnucks chief marketing officer Bill Bradley with the ceremonial $120,000 check (photo courtesy of Schnucks spokesman Paul Simon) Schnucks Markets and its customers have raised $120,000 …

Columbia’s Senior Center is located on the Business Loop (2023 photo courtesy of the Senior Center’s Robert Forsee) A third-generation veteran from Columbia says loneliness is an issue for many mid-Missouri veterans. Retired U.S. Navy veteran Sandra Rushing is organizing a meet-and-greet for area veterans on Tuesday morning at Columbia’s Senior Center, which is on the Business Loop. The Texas …

Mizzou Arena in Columbia was sold out for the December 10, 2022 game against Kansas (file photo courtesy of Mizzou Athletics associate director for strategic communications Jason Veniskey) The Missouri Tigers will battle Mountain West powerhouse Utah State today in NCAA tournament first-round action. The 24-9 Tigers are red-hot, winning five of their last six games. They’re led by All-SEC …

A federal affidavit provides new details into February’s arrest of a Columbia man who was caught with more than 2,300 fentanyl pills. 939 the Eagle News has obtained the seven-page affidavit from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which says suspect Walter Antwine Moore also goes by the alias “Malik Wali.” The DEA says Moore was on Amtrak’s #4 Southwest Chief …