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A mid-Missouri school district is temporarily closing due to too many students being out sick. ABC 17 reports the Northeast Randolph County school district in Cairo is closing its facilities until at least Monday. The superintendent says many students have the flu right now. State health officials say that flu infections and hospitalizations are way up from last year’s numbers.

You can visit with local authors and Santa this weekend at LOVE Coffee in Columbia. The store is hosting a brunch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at its location on the Business Loop. Several authors will be on hand to talk about their works, and have some of them up for sale. LOVE Coffee is a non-profit …

A Columbia Police Department vehicle is parked outside a home on Newton drive on December 5, 2022 (photo is courtesy of CPD Facebook page) Bond has been denied for a Columbia man charged with first degree murder for Monday night’s shooting death of a man on Newton drive, north of I-70. Boone County prosecutors have charged 43-year-old Corey Blueitt with …

There are more than one-million lights on display at the Veterans United (VU) headquarters in south Columbia (November 29, 2022 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) More than 1,000 visitors are expected to be at Veterans United’s main south Columbia campus tonight for VU’s third drive-through holiday light display. More than one-million lights have been put up. VU event …

Bond is set at $1-million for 59-year-old James Frederick Wilson (October 26, 2022 file photo courtesy of CPD spokesman Christian Tabak) Extradition papers have been signed in a high-profile Columbia cold case that dates to 1984. Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s spokeswoman, Kelli Jones, tells 939 the Eagle that the governor has signed the papers involving 59-year-old James Wilson, a former …