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A GoCOMO bus operates in downtown Columbia in 2022 (file photo courtesy of Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan) Columbia’s city council is set to vote tonight on a proposal to suspend transportation fares for GoCOMO bus riders for the fourth straight year. GoCOMO has been operating fare-free since the March 2020 COVID emergency declaration. For the past two years, …

An outside photo of Columbia fire station #2 (2021 file photo courtesy of the Columbia Fire Department) The popular Tellers restaurant in downtown Columbia says it will be closed until further notice, after Friday afternoon’s two-alarm fire caused major water damage. Friday’s blaze happened at about 1 in a building believed to be about 100 years old. The building houses …

Columbia Regional Airport (COU) manager Michael Parks says he continues to hear praise from residents about COU’s $23-million new terminal. The one-year anniversary of the new terminal is next month. Mr. Parks joined 939 the Eagle host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on the “CEO Roundtable” program. Mr. Parks tells listeners that he remains optimistic about adding …

Moberly Police have issued an endangered silver advisory for 73-year-old John William Mullaney (photo courtesy of Moberly Police and the Missouri State Highway Patrol) Authorities in mid-Missouri’s Moberly have issued an endangered silver advisory regarding a missing adult who suffers from schizophrenia and macular degeneration. Moberly Police say 73-year-old John William Mullaney is a white male, about five feet ten …

Convicted murderer Bobby Dawson is set to be sentenced on September 15 in Boone County Circuit Court (file photo courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) Sentencing is set for this afternoon for a convicted Columbia killer who’s seeking a new trial. A Boone County jury convicted 42-year-old Bobby Dawson of first degree murder and armed criminal action in …