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Schnucks to close all of its grocery stores on Easter Sunday; they have four mid-Missouri stores
Employees at mid-Missouri’s four Schnucks stores will be off on Easter Sunday. Columbia’s Schnucks store on Clark lane opened in 2022 (file photo courtesy of Schnucks spokesman Paul Simon) St. Louis-based Schnucks says stores will be...
Rail bridge over I-70 near mid-Missouri’s Kingdom City to be removed this week
Work is scheduled to begin Monday evening and continue all week on removing that private rail bridge that crosses I-70 just west of Kingdom City. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) plans to remove this...
(LISTEN): Boone Health’s president says they want to ensure that residents who want local health care can access in-network providers
Columbia-based Boone Health continues to accept all commercial Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance plans. Boone Hospital Center is near Broadway in Columbia (2024 file photo courtesy of Boone Hospital’s Christian Basi) Anthem and Columbia-based MU Health...
(LISTEN): Saturday’s bowling for autism event in Columbia was the largest since the COVID pandemic
Organizers of Saturday’s 22nd annual bowling for autism event at Columbia’s AMF Town and Country lanes say it raised between 30,000and30,000 and 30,000and35,000 for Easterseals Midwest. Every lane at Columbia’s AMF Town and Country lanes...
(LISTEN): Volunteers to clean up fields in tornado-damaged Pilot Grove on Saturday
Residents from across mid-Missouri’s Cooper County are in Pilot Grove on this Saturday morning, getting their gloves and work boots ready for today’s cleanup the in tornado-damaged town. At least ten homes were destroyed or...
(LISTEN): MoDOT urges mid-Missourians to avoid eastbound I-70 in Columbia this weekend
Columbia-area motorists and other travelers are being urged to consider an alternate route, due to the expected traffic delays all weekend on I-70 near Big O Tires on the Business Loop. This now-closed bridge from...
(LISTEN): Organizers of this weekend’s HBA home show in Columbia promise fun for whole family
Crowds are expected today and Saturday at the Renewal by Andersen HBA home show, which is taking place at the former fairgrounds at Columbia’s Northeast event center. The Home Builders Association (HBA) of Columbia has...
(LISTEN): Columbia’s mayor praises EquipmentShare’s $100-million new headquarters and predicts company will continue to grow
Hundreds of employees at one of Columbia’s fastest-growing companies joined Missouri’s governor and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe to see the ribbon cut on a new $100-million headquarters near I-70’s Lake of the Woods exit. The...
(LISTEN): HBA of Columbia says event highlights importance of more construction workers in future
High school juniors and seniors and college students interested in a career in construction are encouraged to attend Thursday and Friday’s careers under construction event in Columbia. The Home Builders Association (HBA) of Columbia has...
Former Missouri lawmaker, prosecutor appointed to State Probation and Parole board
Missouri’s governor has appointed a former Missouri lawmaker and former assistant prosecutor to Missouri’s Probation and Parole Board. Then-State Rep. Mark Ellebracht (D-Clay County) speaks during a 2022 Missouri House committee hearing in Jefferson City...