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21-year-old Sean Eugene Colton of Columbia is jailed without bond this morning (January 31, 2023 mug shot courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) One person has been shot and one arrest has been made after a Monday evening incident at a trailer court near Columbia’s Business Loop and Cosmo park. Columbia Police say the victim was transported to …

The massive October 22, 2022 blaze in rural Wooldridge burned about 3,000 acres (file photo from 939 the Eagle listener Stephen McBee) Missouri’s Senate President Pro Tem has met with Governor Mike Parson’s chief of staff to discuss possible state assistance for fire-damaged Wooldridge. State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is optimistic. The October blaze destroyed at least 23 structures in …

Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs ruled Monday that CPS violated state statute in former State Rep. Chuck Basye’s Columbia school board filing case. The Rocheport Republican tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that he’s confident and hopeful that his name will appear on the April school board ballot. Mr. Basye wants CPS to pay for his legal expenses, …

Then-State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) seeks recognition on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on March 23, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) A Boone County judge has ruled that Columbia Public Schools (CPS) violated state statute in the Chuck Basye school board filing case. While CPS can appeal Judge Brouck Jacobs’ decision, the Rocheport Republican …

Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long (R-Springfield) accumulated one of the most conservative voting records in Missouri’s GOP delegation during his 12 years on Capitol Hill. For State of the Union every winter, Congressman Long stood in the aisle before and after every speech, shaking the hands of both President Barack Obama (D) and Donald Trump (R). Presidents Obama and Trump …