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Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (R) is a vocal supporter of bipartisan legislation that limits foreign ownership of Missouri farmland to half of one percent, from the one percent current restriction in state statute. The Missouri House Agriculture Policy Committee has voted 20-0 to send the bill to the House floor. Lt. Governor Kehoe tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up …
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Fan experiences at Faurot Field highlighted in Mizzou athletic director’s report
Mizzou fans cheer on the Tigers at Faurot Field in Columbia (file photo courtesy of Mizzou athletics spokesman Ryan Koslen) Mizzou’s athletic director says moving the MU football student section to one centralized area and moving visiting team fans away from the 50-yard line are some of the gameday enhancements made at Faurot Field. Athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois will be …
Read More »A&E to profile mid-Missouri’s Lynlee Renick case tonight
Convicted killer Lynlee Renick speaks to “Dateline NBC” correspondent Andrea Canning at northeast Missouri’s Vandalia prison in January 2022 (file photo courtesy of “Dateline NBC”) A high-profile mid-Missouri murder case with ties to Columbia, Jefferson City and New Florence will receive national attention again on Thursday evening. Former Columbia spa owner Lynlee Renick is serving a 16-year prison sentence for …
Read More »(AUDIO): Columbia’s low unemployment rate highlighted by business leaders, who also face some labor shortages
Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) executive vice president Bernie Andrews (undated photo courtesy of REDI website) Columbia’s unemployment rate continues to be one of the lowest in Missouri and the nation. Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) executive vice president Bernie Andrews says December’s unemployment rate for Columbia/Boone County was 1.7 percent. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Unemployment-Bernie-1.mp3 “Which is the second-lowest in the country behind …
Read More »Columbia bridge murder suspect to appear in court on Friday
32-year-old Jessie Williams is currently incarcerated at the maximum-security prison in southeast Missouri’s Charleston, for the brutal 2018 attack of an elderly Columbia homeless man (October 2022 file photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections website) A man charged with throwing a Columbia woman to her death from the Highway 63 overpass over Clark lane in October is scheduled …
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