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Jefferson City’s fourth ward councilman Ron Fitzwater will be the city’s next mayor. Mr. Fitzwater joined us live in-studio on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” this morning, telling listeners that his top priorities as mayor will include public safety, housing and code enforcement. Mr. Fitzwater says there needs to be a broad-based discussion on housing:

A jury could hear closing arguments today in a Columbia sodomy trial. Psychologist Kurt Bumby, who’s 53, is charged with two counts of second degree sodomy. The trial is taking place at the Boone County Courthouse, before Judge Brouck Jacobs. Our news partner KMIZ reports one alleged victim testified Wednesday that he was inappropriately touched by Bumby in the middle …

Anglers are out before dawn Wednesday on opening trout day at Bennett Springs state park near Lebanon (March 1, 2023 photo courtesy of Missouri state parks) Thousands of anglers lined the banks of southern Missouri’s three trout parks on Wednesday for the start of the catch and keep trout season. Officials from the three state trout fishing parks are reporting …

State Reps. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) and Brian Seitz (R-Branson) visit on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on February 27, 2023 (photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) Legislation that would authorize charter schools to operate in Columbia has been filed by a senior Missouri House member. State Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) tells 939 the Eagle …

Convicted murderer Michael Tisius will be executed by lethal injection on June 6, 2023 (2022 file photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections website) A convicted double killer from mid-Missouri’s Randolph County will be executed in June. 42-year-old Michael Andrew Tisius was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and received two death sentences for the gruesome 2000 …