Columbia Regional Airport (COU) says the $9 million runway extension project is expected to be completed by early to mid-December. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is funding the entire project, which is extending COU’s runway from 6,50...
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Columbia has seen more than 20 fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2021; town meeting planned
Columbia’s police chief says more than 20 people have died this year from overdoses involving fentanyl. More than 100 others have suffered injuries from fentanyl-related overdoses. Chief Geoff Jones tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Columbia” that victims...
Read More »Kawasaki bringing 270-plus new jobs to mid-Missouri’s Boonville
Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation has announced that it will build a manufacturing plant in Boonville, creating more than 270 new jobs. Company executives, state officials and Boonville economic development director Gigi Quinlan McAreavy made t...
Read More »Atwill: Tuesday groundbreaking set for massive I-70 Rocheport bridge project
Boone County’s presiding commissioner says a Tuesday groundbreaking ceremony is being planned for the $240-million I-70 Rocheport bridge project. The ceremony is set for 11 am at Les Bourgeois winery. Missouri has received an $81-million federal grant ...
Read More »(AUDIO): Columbia’s police chief joins “Wake Up Columbia” to discuss 2020 Sun Court incident
A special prosecutor has cleared three Columbia police officers involved in a deadly 2020 officer-involved shooting, saying they acted within the law when they shot and killed suspect Curtis Haas. Special prosecutor Christopher Wilson of Callaway Count...
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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence celebrate the 26th anniversary of ‘Bad Boys’
Photo by 52nd NAACP Image Awards via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Will Smith and Martin Lawrence transformed into their detective characters Mike Lowry and Marcus Burnett to celebrate the 26th anniversary of their classic ...
Read More »Family of famed wildlife expert Jack Hanna shares his dementia diagnosis
Donna Svennevik/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images(OHIO) -- Jack Hanna, the former director of Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, who became famous for his live animal demonstrations on TV talk shows, has been diagnosed with dementia, his fami...
Read More »Topher Grace on returning to comedy, and chemistry with the cast of ABC’s new show, ‘Home Economics’
L-R - Grace, Souza -- ABC/Temma Hankin(NEW YORK) -- Actor Topher Grace has logged some impressive big-screen credits since That '70s Show, starring in films like Interstellar for director Christopher Nolan and Sp...
Read More »‘Thunder Force’: Octavia Spencer & Melissa McCarthy explain why their “empowering” action-comedy came out at the perfect time
Hopper Stone/Netflix(NEW YORK) -- Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer have teamed up for the Netflix action comedy Thunder Force. The film, which is the fifth collaboration between McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone, follows...
Read More »Amid death threats, Piers Morgan tells ‘Extra’ he’s received support from royals, and Sharon Osbourne
JORAS/GC Images(LONDON) -- Piers Morgan is, as usual, not standing quietly by after he left Good Morning Britain in the wake of his reaction to the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry interview with Oprah Winfrey. He's revealed to Extra that he and hi...
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