COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some local shelters were faced with an increase in guests as bitter cold temperatures took over Mid-Missouri last week. According to a social media post from Turning Point, the shelter will operate an emergency overnight shelter on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. in response to freezing temperatures.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri law enforcement officials are warning drivers to be on the lookout for “snow missiles” or “snow mattresses,” in the midst of winter weather in the state. “What happens is after it snows or the ice storm, it builds up and has a tendency to, to melt a little bit and refreeze,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Columbia Public Works said plow drivers have 65 percent of city roads “passable” for drivers as of Saturday morning. A Saturday morning news release said that a 31-person crew worked that morning to plow residential streets. The city had previously said a 20-person crew would relieve the personnel working on Friday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Children’s Services Board gave the City of Columbia a zero on its application for grant money on its violence-prevention efforts. The city’s application for $1.5 million was the only one to receive a zero, according to documents released by the county board on Tuesday. Columbia had asked for money
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri schools were impacted this week by winter weather and poor road conditions. A number of schools called off class, while others chose to partake in alternative methods. Missouri law requires public school districts and charter schools to provide a minimum of 1,044 instructional hours each school year, but with winter weather
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No fatalities have been reported on Missouri roads, but nearly 300 crashes have occurred during a counting period related to Thursday night’s winter storm, the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote in a Friday evening social media post. Roughly 4 inches of snow fell in Columbia on Thursday night and Friday morning, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With snowfall slowing down, snowplow crews in Columbia and Jefferson City are turning their attention to residential streets and parking lots in the area. Mid-Missouri was hit with a pair of winter storms this week, with the most recent occurring Thursday night and Friday morning. Roughly 4 inches fell in Columbia, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A winter storm blanketed Mid-Missouri for the second time in a week overnight, shutting down schools and making travel hazardous. Snow began falling Thursday night and continued into Friday morning. The Columbia Regional Airport had measured 3.3 inches of new snow by 6 a.m. on top of accumulation already on the ground.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Solid Waste postponed trash and recycling pickup Friday because of the weather. Solid Waste customers can leave their carts at the curb and the city will pick them up Saturday, the City of Columbia says in a Facebook post. Monday trash customers can also leave their carts out for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Winter weather is entering Mid-Missouri on Thursday evening and Friday morning and area schools are being impacted once again. Columbia Public Schools will be closed Friday. CPS had multiple days out earlier this week because of road conditions from this past weekend’s storm. Students are asked to focus on “alternative methods of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After logging heavy hours clearing the state’s roadways this past week, roughly 1,500 snowplow operators across Missouri are bracing for another round of winter weather. Mid-Missouri was hit hard with a winter storm over the weekend with some areas in Randolph County receiving up to 8.5 inches of snow. Jefferson City Public
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters blocked a residential street in north Columbia after being called Thursday afternoon to a house fire. Firefighters were called out at about 3:30 p.m. to Haden and Northland drives. An ABC 17 News reporter saw several Columbia Fire Department vehicles blocking the road and emergency dispatchers sent out a public alert
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with three felonies after he allegedly pointed a gun at someone’s head and choked them on Wednesday. Cristian Dariel Rodriguez Doblado, 21, was charged on Thursday with third-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Below freezing temperatures and the possibility of more snow in Mid-Missouri may cause headaches for local first responders. According to Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Gale Blomenkamp, firefighters were faced with a challenge while battling a barn fire Tuesday evening that resulted in a total loss. Blomenkamp said the fire hydrant at
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools hosted three in-person sessions on Wednesday to gather feedback on what the community would like to see in its next superintendent. The public forums were held at Rock Bridge, Hickman and Battle high schools with a final session scheduled at the Douglass High School media center at 12:15 p.m.
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View a full list of area closures and delays on our closings on our website. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road conditions from this weekend’s winter storm have caused more delays and closures in Mid-Missouri. The Jefferson City School District shared on its social media that it would have a two-hour late start on Thursday. The school
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center was charged in Boone County after trying to take a University Hospital employee hostage on Nov. 22, court documents say. Matthew Handlang, 37, was charged on Tuesday with third-degree assault of a special victim, second-degree kidnapping and attempting to escape confinement. A court date has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some people are torn about the effectiveness of Columbia Public School’s Alternate Methods of Instruction, as the district heads into its third consecutive day of remote learning. CPS was one of multiple districts in Mid-Missouri to cancel classes Wednesday, as winter weather continues to cause problems. The district announced the addition of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission held its first of two readings calling for a special election to further freeze senior property taxes for eligible seniors on Tuesday. The reading comes after a petition from outgoing state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) gained nearly 5,000 signatures from registered Boone County voters, asking the commission
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As temperatures continue to drop, the need for shelter increases. Resources here in Columbia are working to keep the homeless community safe through dangerously low temperatures.
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