Month: May 2019

Numerous roads remained covered with water after storms Wednesday night. Officials with MoDOT said water was on the road at the intersection of Missouri Boulevard and McCarty Street in Jefferson City around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. MoDOT also tweeted that the entrance to Heritage Highway from westbound Route 54 southwest of Jefferson City and Route

UPDATE, 9:52 p.m.: Ameren Missouri expects to restore power to all of Jefferson City “Friday into Saturday,” according to a message the company posted on its outage site on Thursday. Ameren Missouri said it hoped to restore power to some people on Thursday night. More than 1,200 customers are currently without power in Jefferson City.

Eldon’s residents were picking up the pieces of their lives Thursday morning. Limbs and homes were ripped apart across the town and the National Weather Service’s St. Louis office said a tornado hit the town Wednesday night. “You hear about destruction, but you don’t really realize it till it hits,” said Ronda Schell, who lives

A Jefferson City restaurant was evacuating Wednesday ahead of severe flooding on the Missouri River. “There’s no telling what he is going through right now,” Eric Raithel said of his brother, the owner of the restaurant. Raithel’s brother has owned Nick’s Family Restaurant for about 20 years. He was out of town when he got

The neighborhoods off of Case Street right next to Jefferson City High School were extremely damaged after tornados ripped through the area. There were multiple houses without roofs, cars were destroyed by trees and power lines dangled on the streets. Debbie Lawrence and Lolitta Ponder were home in their house on Jackson Street when the

Some homes and a business along Heritage Highway outside Jefferson City were destroyed in the tornado that ripped through parts of mid-Missouri on Wednesday night. Residents were cleaning up belongings, tree limbs and pieces of roofing from their front yards Thursday after a tornado ripped through the area packing winds of up to 160 mph.

Businesses and homes in Eldon suffered major damage in a storm that rolled through Wednesday night but only minor injuries had been reported early Thursday. About 10 public safety agencies are in the area checking on people and helping them find shelter, the Eldon Fire Department said. Two shelters have been set up for storm

Multiple utilties report customers without power Wednesday. About 369 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers have lost power, according to the outage map around 10:30 p.m. Boone Electric Coop reports 100 customers without power at 10:00 p.m. in Randolph and Boone counties. A viewer, Kevin McDowell, sent a picture of lightning on Norwalk Drive in Columbia. A

The Missouri Department of Transportation will close both lanes of eastbound Highway 50 from Monroe Street to Clark Avenue on Thursday afternoon. The stretch of road will be closed starting at 2 p.m. to remove debris from the Lincoln University president’s house, MoDOT said in a news release. The cleanup is expected to take about

TONIGHT: There’s another slight chance of storms into this evening as storms approach from the west this evening after 8-9 PM. They could clip some of our far northwestern counties late tonight, but the severe threat will be limited, at best. Lows fall back into the upper 60s.FRIDAY: We’ll keep mostly sunny skies into the

UPDATE 5/23: The University of Missouri Police Department says it has found the missing man. Police did not specify where or how he was found. UPDATE: A 43-year-old man reported missing yesterday near a MU Health Care facility has been located. Thank you for your assistance in locating him. https://t.co/egeO5kqUpq — MU Police (@MUPDpolice) May

Columbia police officers arrested a man on Wednesday after they said they found guns and drugs in his car. Detectives went to a home in Columbia Wednesday night trying to locate Lucas D. Martin, 33, of Columbia, in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation, said Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts. The detective saw Martin

The Hawthorne apartment complex in Jefferson City was heavily damaged in a storm late Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

THURSDAY: After waking up to extensive damage in Jefferson City from overnight tornadoes conditions are going to improve through the day. Showers may be ongoing through the afternoon near the I-44 corridor, but most areas will be dry this afternoon with mostly cloudy skies. Highs rise into the upper 70s. TONIGHT: There’s another slight chance

A 24-hour daycare in Jefferson City suffered heavy damage in a tornado early Thursday, May 23, 2019. No injuries were reported.

Organizers for the Salute to Veterans Airshow canceled the event set for this weekend as flooding from the Missouri River threatens the airport. “That was our location and you can’t really have an air show on top of some water,” said spokeswoman Jessica Houston. The announcement came Tuesday morning, and a Houston said the Jefferson