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Familiar name in Columbia municipal government is now deputy city manager

October 4, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Longtime Columbia Parks and Recreation director Mike Griggs was sworn-in as Columbia’s deputy city manager on October 3, 2022 (photo courtesy of city of Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen)

A familiar name in Columbia and in local government is the new deputy city manager.

Mike Griggs, who had been serving as acting deputy city manager since April, was sworn-in at Monday night’s council meeting.

Mr. Griggs, a Hickman high school, graduate, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Mizzou. He worked for Columbia Parks and Recreation for 36 of the past 39 years, including a decade as director. Griggs credits his parks career for preparing him for the transition. He’s worked on urban planning, infrastructure issues, parking lot planning and utilities.

The key hire represents another step in Columbia government, as first-year city manager De’Carlon Seewood continues to build his team.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, Columbia city manager De'Carlon Seewood, Columbia deputy city manager Mike Griggs, Columbia Parks and Recreation, Columbia's City Council, Hickman High School, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, mizzou, post to twitter, Syndicated

CPD: Fentanyl in Columbia is likely coming from China, via Mexico

September 22, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Missouri Governor Mike Parson and Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones (right) discuss police recruitment and retention on April 25, 2022 in Jefferson City (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Twitter page)

Columbia Police are warning that fentanyl-related overdose deaths in the city are on pace to exceed last year’s numbers.

CPD assistant chief Jeremiah Hunter tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that the fentanyl in Columbia is likely coming in from China, via Mexico.

“They’re getting pills and it’s being pressed locally or overseas and it’s coming in in volume. Probably most likely through Mexico, all the way here,” Hunter says.

Hunter tells listeners there were at least 30 overdose deaths in Columbia last year. He says there have been at least 25 overdose deaths in the city in 2022, with most or all of them fentanyl-related.

Assistant chief Hunter encourages parents to talk to their children about the issue. He notes more than 150 people attended an emergency meeting last October at Hickman high school.

“Out of that meeting last year, the Overdose Response Coalition of Boone County kind of grew out of that. And so they’re doing a lot of education, they’re doing a lot of research too,” says Hunter.

Authorities say drugs like cocaine are being made with fentanyl and users don’t know it’s in there. Columbia/Boone County public health officials have described fentanyl as 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.

Click here to listen to the “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” interview with Columbia assistant police chief Jeremiah Hunter.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Mid-Missouri", China, cocaine, Columbia Police Department assistant chief Jeremiah Hunter, Columbia/Boone County public health officials, fentanyl-related overdose deaths in Columbia, Hickman High School, Homepage, Mexico, Mid-Missouri News, Overdose Response Coalition of Boone County, post to twitter, Syndicated, talking to children about fentanyl

(AUDIO): REDI minority business coordinator Ray Hall appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO RoundTable”

July 30, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Columbia native Ray Hall is the new minority business coordinator for Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI). Mr. Hall graduated from Columbia’s Hickman high school and and describes himself as a true son. He joined guest host Jay Sparks Saturday morning for the hour on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Round Table” to discuss his new position, …

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, 939 the Eagle's "CEO Round Table", 939 the Eagle's Jay Sparks, business ideas, economic development, Hickman High School, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, REDI minority business coordinator Ray Hall, Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI), Syndicated, University of Missouri

CPD: foul play is not suspected in veteran Boone County prosecutor’s death

June 4, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Columbia’s police chief has announced the death of longtime Boone County prosecutor Dan Knight at his home on Memorial Court, near South Providence. Police Chief Geoff Jones briefed reporters near the home early Saturday afternoon. He says CPD officers and other first responders were dispatched to the home at about 9:35 this morning, to an …

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, 939 the Eagle's Brian Hauswirth, Bobby Harrison, Boone County Commissioners, Boone County Medical Examiner's office, Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight, Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones, Columbia's Memorial Court, convicted murderer Joseph Elledge, CPD's Criminal Investigations Division, Hickman High School, Homepage, Horace Johnson, KRCG's Marc Slavit, law enforcement officers, Mid-Missouri News, mizzou, post to twitter, Syndicated, workload

Mid-Missouri state lawmaker hopeful courts will strike down voter ID

May 24, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

A Columbia lawmaker who serves on the Missouri House Elections and Elected Officials Committee opposes voter ID legislation approved in Jefferson City. State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) says any provision you put between someone and the ballot box will slow down voting. “It’s not just photo ID. Someone might say what’s wrong with photo ID. …

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, bipartisan meals in Jefferson City, GOP-controlled Missouri Legislature, Hickman High School, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Missouri House Elections and Elected Officials Committee, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, mizzou, post to twitter, State Rep. David Tyson Smith, State Rep. John Simmons, Syndicated, voter fraud, voter ID, Washington

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