Lincoln University’s Law Enforcement Training Academy (LULETA) in Jefferson City is the first one in the nation at a Historically black college/university (HBCU). The facility is located on Leslie, and has been featured nationally on NBC’s “Today” program. Lincoln police chief Gary Hill, the academy’s director, joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”:
Court documents: Columbia kidnapping suspect met victim on Tinder
A Columbia man is now charged with three felonies, accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met on a dating app and holding her against her will.
23-year-old Elijah Schwartz-Jeffries, who’s also known as Elijah Schwartz, has been charged with rape and two counts of sodomy. He’s jailed without bond and made his initial court appearance via video on Tuesday before Boone County Judge Stephanie Morrell.
The Columbia Police Department’s probable cause statement quotes the victim as saying she met Schartz through the Tinder dating app. She’s also quoted as telling CPD investigators that she and Schartz went to dinner on Thursday before going back to Schwartz-Jeffries’ apartment. The victim says he was acting “weird” and that he may have been high on marijuana wax. She says when she tried to leave the apartment, the suspect grabbed her by the throat and choked her, before allegedly sexually assaulting her in the shower.
Columbia Police have credited a witness for coming forward and corroborating the victim’s statement.
939 the Eagle News reported Tuesday that Boone County Judge Tracy Gonzalez issued a full order of protection against the suspect on October 18, 2021. That order is still in effect today. That case involves a different victim.
Sign Up Deadline Approaching for Pie Baking Contest
The deadline to sign up for the first Four Oaks Farm pie baking contest is approaching. From 3-4:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at 11805 E. Judy School Road, people will bake their best pie in hopes of winning first place for $100, second place for $50 or third place for a $25 prize. People must sign […]
Missouri’s governor looks to high schools and community colleges to help address labor shortage
As companies across Missouri face labor shortages, Governor Mike Parson (R) says it’s crucial to get more high school students ready to enter the workforce when they graduate from high school.
Parson spoke on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri.”
“We’ve either got to get them trained or we’ve got to get them into a community college or we just got to get them right into the workforce and put them out there. And we’ve got to make sure they know that’s okay. Not everybody is going to go to a four-year college,” Parson says.
The state Department of Economic Development (DED) says Missouri’s August unemployment rate was 2.5 percent, which is the latest available data. Governor Parson tells listeners that while it’s the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years in Missouri, it also presents challenges.
“Now that’s something that we like to kind of brag about because the economy is doing so well, but the truth is we (Missouri) still have over 100,000 jobs out there (that) we can’t fill,” says Parson.
He predicts more people will return to the workforce, when the federal government’s emergency declaration ends.
Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) director Chris Chinn says the labor shortage is also impacting farmers and ranchers across the state. She tells 939 the Eagle that Missouri pork producers and other farmers are working 12-16 hour days, because they can’t find help.
“A lot of these farmers are having a really tough time with labor and trying to find people to work. It’s no different than any other business in the state of Missouri, you know labor is a challenge. And our farmers and ranchers just keep going. They don’t complain, they just get that work done. If it takes a little longer every day, that’s what they do,” Chinn says.
Columbia getting its third ALDI grocery store in highly-visible location
One of America’s fastest-growing retailers is building its third Columbia grocery store near the Wal-Mart on Conley, close to Highway 63.
Officials at the city familiar with the site tell 939 the Eagle that a new ALDI is what is being built in that highly-visible location. ALDI currently has two Columbia stores: on East Green Meadows road and on the Business Loop.
The ALDI website says that with 2,200 stores in 38 states, it’s on track to become the nation’s third-largest grocery retailer by December.
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