J.D. Power says Columbia-based Shelter Insurance has ranked highest in customer satisfaction among auto insurers in the central region. It’s the fifth time since 2016 that Shelter has received the honor. JD Power’s study is based on responses from car insurance customers and took place earlier this year. Shelter Insurance president Randa Rawlins says receiving the …
Columbia’s new Ronald McDonald house will be near new Children’s Hospital
An $800,000 gift from the Veterans United Foundation will help Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) build a new Ronald McDonald House near Stadium and College in Columbia. It will be within walking distance of MU Health’s new Children’s Hospital that’s under construction. RMHC has sold the current Ronald McDonald House on Keene to the St. Raymond’s …
Bipartisan opioid legislation that was approved unanimously by Missouri Legislature to be signed
Bipartisan opioid legislation that was approved unanimously by Missouri Legislature to be signed
Bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing opioid addiction treatment will be signed into law by Missouri’s governor on Thursday morning in Jefferson City. The governor will sign six bills today, including legislation from State Rep. Dirk Deaton (R-Noel). His bill gives the state Department of Corrections and the Judiciary access to Missouri’s opioid addiction treatment and …
National Weather Service could extend mid-Missouri’s heat advisory
The entire 939 the Eagle listening area in mid-Missouri remains under a heat advisory through 8 this (Thursday) evening, but that could be extended. National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Alex Elmore says it depends on a slow-moving front off to our west. The heat index in Columbia and Jefferson City will make it …