Brianna Lennon, County Clerk. Boone County. Eric Kopinski, Director. I-70 Improvement Project.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- November 7th & 8th, 2026.  Brianna Lennon, County Clerk, joins us to talk about the recent General Election.  How did it go?  Any major problems?  What's next?  There is some great information in here from Brianna!  Eric Kopinski, Director of the I-70Improvement Project j…

Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor. Columbia City Council. David Lile and Dr. Anita Caver. Prop L Information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- October 31st & November 1st, 2026.  Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us to preview this Monday night's city council meeting.  To begin with we talk about the dedication ceremony for the newly updated Columbia Water Plant, the end of a years-long project.  The plant can now ru…

Don Waterman, Retired. Former 5th Ward City Councilman

KFRU Business Spotlight -- October 24th & 25th, 2026.  Don Waterman joins me this week.  Don has recently joined the Convention & Visitors Advisory Board, following his time as a member of the city council. From there, we talk about the upcoming November General Election, specifically Proposition L…

Eric Kopinski, Director. I-70 Improvement Project. Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor. Columbia City Council.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- November 17th & 18th, 2026.  Eric Kopinski joins us this week to bring us up to date on the I-70  improvement project.  He gave us a timetable on when projects within Columbia will be completed.  Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us to talk about the upcoming city council meet…

Jill Schlude, Police Chief. Columbia Police Department

KFRU Business Spotlight -- October 10th and 11th, 2026.  Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude joins us this week to talk public safety.  We start with a conversation about the 1 cent sales tax for public safety passed in the August Primary.  Jill gives us a rundown of when the tax starts being collec…

Barbara Buffaloe. Mayor, Columbia City Council.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- October 2nd & 3rd, 2026.  Just back from a trip to Chattanooga with leaders in the Columbia business community on their annual Chamber visit, Buffaloe joins us to talk about city council matters.  We found out more about the Chamber trip and how what was learned can be co…

Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor. Columbia City Council. David Lile, Host. Prop L Podcasts

KFRU Business Spotlight -- September 19th & 20th.  Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us to preview the upcoming City Council meeting on Monday night  This is the last meeting of the fiscal year, so that means the budget will be finalized and voted on.  The mayor talked about the budget, specifically foc…

Eric Kopinski, MODOT. Director, I-70 Improvement Project. Chris Kelley, Director and Beth Kennedy, Communications and Outreach Specialist. Boone County Office of Emergency Management.

KFRU Business Spotlight - September 12th & 13th, 2026.  Eric Kopinski, Director, I-70 Improvement Project Director joins us to talk about a weekend closure of westbound I-70 at the connector while the construction crews put up the girders that hang over the highway safely. Eric also gave us an upda…

Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor. Columbia City Council.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- September 5th & 6th, 2026.  Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us for a preview of the first September council meeting to be held Tuesday night (9/8) because of the Labor Day holiday.  This meeting will include the final public hearing on the city's budget for 2026-2027 that wi…

Brian Schaeffer, Fire Chief, Columbia Fire Department. Brian Toohey, Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Missouri Board of Realtors.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- August 29th & 30th, 2026.  Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer joins us to talk about the voters passing the Public Safety Sales Tax earlier this month.  We talk about the plan that was developed previous to the passage of the tax and discuss the timetable for beginning of collect…