Liz & Scotty’s Top 5 Things

What’s happening in Mid-Mo? Liz & Scotty will let you know at 6a, 7a, & 8a every weekday.

• Authorities investigating that deadly shooting near the Lake of the Ozarks from last week say it involved three different motorcycle gangs. ABC 17 reports Tonka Ponder was charged with first degree assault and armed criminal action, while Daniel Kurtzeborn is facing an illegal gun possession charge. One person died and four others were injured during the shooting on the Bagnell Dam Strip in Lake Ozark late Thursday night.
• It’s been a few years since the Boone County Fair has been in Columbia. The fair kicks off today at the old fairgrounds site just north of town. Fair board president Jeff Cook says in the end, it was costing too much to have the fair in Sturgeon over the last few years.  The fair was in Sturgeon between 2017 and 2019. It was canceled last year because of the pandemic. The city bought the fairgrounds from the county last year, paving the way for the fair to return there
• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will be launching into space this morning in an 11-minute ride on his own company Blue Origin’s rocket, on the 52nd anniversary of the first Moon landing. On board the New Shepard craft with Bezos will be his brother, Mark Bezos, as well as an 18-year-old who’ll be the youngest ever in space and an 82-year-old who’ll be the oldest. They’ll lift off at 8:00 am from a facility in the west Texas desert, and the event will be live streamed on BlueOrigin.com, starting 90 minutes before launch.
• The Cardinals kicked off its series with the Cubs on the right note with an 8-3 victory at Busch Stadium last night. Game two of that four-game series with the Cubs starts tonight at 7:15 on 93.9 The Eagle. The Royals had an off-day yesterday. They are in Milwaukee tonight playing the first of two games against the Brewers.