The KFRU Business Spotlight
Ken Rice. COO, Pickleman's. Member, Columbia Disabilities Commision.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- March 21st & 22nd, 2026. Ken Rice joins us to talk Columbia. Ken, who has had an unsuccessful run for both City Council and School Board seats, has taken on new service positions recently taking a spot on the Columbia Disabilities Commission. We talk about how that com…
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Eric Kopinski, Program Director. MODOT Improve I-70 Program. Significant progress has been made
KFRU Business Spotlight -- March 28th & 29th, 2026. Eric Kopinski joins us to talk about the I-70 Improvement program. Eric is the director of the program and brings us an overview of the project, along with the very latest traffic modifications underway right now that will affect drivers now thr…
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Sydney Olsen, Engagement and Public Communications Manager. City of Columba. New Communications Department proposal. Off to Central Bank of Boone County late March.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- March 14th & 15th, 2026. Sydney Olsen joins us to talk about communications and the City of Columbia. Sydney has been pitching this proposal from City Manger De'Carlon Seewood to the council even as she plans to make a move to the Marketing Director position at Central …
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Dr. Jennifer Rukstad. Executive Director, Missouri State High School Activities Association. Senate Bill 863. House Bill 2278.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- March 7th & 8th, 2026. Dr. Jennifer Rukstad, the Executive Director of the MSHSAA joins us to talks about two bills, Senate Bill 863 and House Bill 2278, that were written to change the governing body that would oversee the association from a group chosen from members of …
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It's a Best of the KBS Show. COMO Vanguard with Nick Knoth and David Lile. Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude. Columbia Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- February 28th & March 1st, 2026. This is a best of show, replaying segments of the KBS from the past featuring COMO Vanguard with Nick Knoth and David Lile, Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude and Columbia Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer.
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Paul Eisenstein. Economic Development Director, City of Columbia. Regional Economic Development, Inc President.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- February 21st & 22nd, 2026. This week, Paul Eisenstein, the director of the City of Columbia Office of Economic Development department and the President of Regional Economic Development, Inc brings us up-to-date on what's happening. From working with businesses that may …
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Nick Foster, 4th Ward. Don Waterman, 5th Ward. Columbia City Council. Transmission line construction.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- February 14th & 15th, 2026. Nick Foster, the 4th Ward City Councilman and Don Waterman, the 5th Ward City Councilman, joins me this week to talk electric transmission line construction. The Columbia City Council met in a work session to hear a proposal from the Utilitie…
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Brian Schaeffer, Fire Chief. Columbia Fire Department. New recruit class of 13. City Council approves new policy to align with the Boone County Office of Emergency Management. Station/apparatus update.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- February 7th & 8th, 2026. Columbia Fire Department Chief Brian Schaeffer joins us this week to talk about the latest at CFD. Recently, a new recruit class of 13 graduated. Some moved on to their EMT training while the rest moved into their new assignments across the cit…
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Jill Schlude, Police Chief. Columbia Police Department. Active start to 2026.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- 1/31 & 2/1, 2026. This week Chief Jill Schlude from the Columbia Police Department joins us to talk about numerous topics. First, Jill tells us it's been an active start to 2026 with a gun fired inside Dick's Sporting Goods, a murder as a Facebook Marketplace deal went …
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Chip Jones, PE. Executive VP, Operations, Emery Sapp and Sons. I-70 Improvement - Rocheport to Columbia.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- January 24th & 25th, 2026. Chip Jones, PE, the Executive Vice-President for Operations for Emery Sapp and Sons, joins us to talk about the I-70 Improvement project from Rocheport to Columbia that was recently awarded.to ESS. This is a 13 mile stretch of Highway 70 from t…
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