Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 12th of October.
Good morning, Columbia.
🏘️ Community
Thousands visited the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival over the weekend, enjoying vendor booths, bounce houses, and a corn maze while record heat pushed Sunday's high past 89 degrees.
The event ran from 9 a.m. + 5 p.m. each day and crowned a new pumpkin king.
🎓 Education
Today the Columbia School Board meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Aslin Administration Building (1818 W.
Worley St) to vote on a revised bullying policy and review its special education program. The agenda includes a STEM Alliance partnership roadmap and student presentations from Two Mile Prairie Elementary.
Before its 60th anniversary, MURR (Mizzou’s research reactor) was chosen to support nuclear fusion studies for the ITER project with Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.
The reactor will test graphite mirror pieces after reactor use to help guide work on clean nuclear energy.
🏛️ Government
Crews completed the deck pour of the Providence Road bridge over I-70 on Oct.
6, keeping the project on track to open mid-November. The bridge, closed since May, will add extra Interstate lanes and improved features for vehicles and pedestrians.
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