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(LISTEN): Big turnout at Mizzou’s Countdown to kickoff event in Columbia

Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz hosted the Countdown to Kickoff fundraiser Saturday at Columbia’s Midway Golf and Games (July 29, 2023 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) About 200 people packed the banquet room at Columbia’s Midway Golf and Games for Saturday’s “Countdown to Kickoff” event with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz. The event benefited Big Brothers and Big …

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(LISTEN): Longtime Stephens College President Dianne Lynch appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”

Longtime Stephens College president Dianne Lynch is getting ready to start her 15th year as president of the nation’s second-oldest women’s college. She joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”. She tells listeners that there are currently 500 veterans on a waiting list to get a service animal. President Lynch says …

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UPDATE: Crews still removing downed trees in Columbia on Sunday

This large tree is partially blocking south Columbia’s Bluff Creek road (July 30, 2023 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Columbia Water and Light crews worked throughout the day on Saturday into the early-morning hours on Sunday to restore power to more than 2,000 people who lost power it during severe thunderstorms. ABC-17 meteorologist Chance Gotsch from our news …

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(LISTEN): Columbia city golf championship to take place this weekend

Columbia Country Club is one of the two courses hosting the 48th annual Columbia golf championship, presented by Joe Machens Hyundai (photo courtesy of Columbia Country Club website) The 48th annual golf championship in Columbia takes place tomorrow and Sunday at the Country Club of Missouri and at the Columbia Country Club. Event co-chair Steve Humphreys says Columbia has unbelievable …

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Longtime Stephens College president Dianne Lynch to appear Saturday on 939 the Eagle

Columbia’s historic Stephens College is the nation’s second-oldest women’s college (2022 file photo courtesy of Stephens College vice president Derrell Carter) The president of the nation’s second-oldest women’s college says the average GPA of incoming freshmen at Columbia’s Stephens College this fall is between 3.5 and 3.7. Diane Lynch will be starting her 15th year at Stephens College, which was founded …

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