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1,900 degrees to be conferred at Mizzou’s graduation ceremonies this weekend

Mizzou’s historic Columns are near Jesse Hall (2022 file photo courtesy of MU News Bureau senior editor Sara Diedrich) You can expect heavier-than-normal traffic this afternoon and evening and all day tomorrow, due to the University of Missouri’s winter commencement ceremonies. Mizzou says 1,780 students will earn more than 1,900 degrees this weekend, with some students receiving more than one …

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Columbia roll cart storage is the topic of tonight’s open house style meeting

A Columbia trash truck prepares to collect trash across the city (2022 file photo courtesy of Columbia Water and Light spokesman Matt Nestor) Tonight is your opportunity to give your two cents on the storage of roll carts between collection days in Columbia, when they take effect in March. Columbia Solid Waste will host an open house-style public meeting this …

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Columbia’s Shelter Insurance holding three more nights of “Winter Wonderland”

There are three more nights left in Columbia’s 2023 “Winter Wonderland” display at Shelter Gardens (2021 file photo courtesy of Shelter spokesman Brad Johnson) Look for traffic congestion again this evening around Columbia’s Shelter Gardens for “Winter Wonderland.” It’s the third straight year that Shelter has done the Winter Wonderland garden of lights in its famous gardens, which are decorated …

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(LISTEN): Heavy traffic each night shows popularity of Columbia’s VU lights display

The holiday lights display at Columbia’s Veterans United Home Loans (VU) is bright (2021 file photo courtesy of VU’s Facebook page) You still have four more nights to enjoy the holiday light spectacular from Columbia’s Veterans United Home Loans (VU), including tonight. The event is free and no reservations are required. VU spokesman Chad Moller notes it’s a drive-through display. …

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(LISTEN): Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri officials ecstatic with Wednesday’s food drive

Jefferson City-area residents donated Wednesday at the Buchheit store on Missouri Boulevard (December 13, 2023 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Randy Tobler) (UPDATED story at 11:26 am) While final numbers are still being calculated, the 17th annual Zimmer Radio Commerce Bank one-for-one holiday food drive has raised more than $55,000. An ecstatic Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri president …

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