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Voters in southern Boone County’s Ashland have defeated a $40-million ballot measure involving waterworks and sewage. Ashland voters defeated the measure by a 138-117 vote; a simple majority was needed for passage. Our news partner KMIZ reports the city of Ashland wanted to combine its waterworks and sewage system revenue bonds. Boone County clerk Brianna Lennon says Ashland has 3,279 …

Columbia Destiny of H.O.P.E. executive director Lonnie Lockhart Bey tells 939 the Eagle that the majority of people living in poverty don’t want crime and don’t want to live in fear (January 17, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) The executive director of Columbia’s Destiny of H.O.P.E. says the aim of the new youth center on South Providence …

Then State Reps. and authors Dave Muntzel (R-Boonville), left, and Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte) at their 2021 book signing at Sedalia’s Reader’s World bookstore (file photo courtesy of former Representative Muntzel) A state senator from southwest Missouri’s Springfield praises the legacy of a former Missouri House Higher Education Committee chair who’s passed away, saying he served Missourians with honor and …

Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz (right) poses with Missouri Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson at the Tiger hoops game at Mizzou Arena in Columbia on January 31, 2024 (photo courtesy of Governor Parson’s Flickr page) The UM System president is ecstatic about a $62-million donation to Mizzou Athletics, which will fund major renovations to Memorial Stadium in …

Volunteers from Columbia’s Home Depot donated their time to paint and redecorate the aging ballroom (January 23, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Volunteers from Columbia’s Home Depot have painted the ballroom at the aging American Legion post on Route WW, which is 60 years old. Herbert Williams American Legion Post 202 commander Dale Roberts praises the Home …