Clearing the 6 million pounds of steel left in the Missouri River after blasting the old Interstate 70 bridge at Rocheport is taking longer than expected.
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The Missouri Department of Transportation demolished the old bridge over the Missouri River at Rocheport on Sunday.
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) Sunday, the Rocheport Bridge was blasted to begin construction of the new bridge heading eastbound following about an hour delay because of thick fog. The truss of the bridge is the upper steel part that extends above the roadway. For the safety of drivers and bridge crew members, Interstate 70 was closed
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Police closed down parts of East Broadway and College Avenue after a call went out of a suicidal person in Downtown Columbia.
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A man who pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter and other charges in a deadly 2020 Douglass Park shooting was sentenced to almost two decades behind bars Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thunderstorms hit parts of Mid-Missouri on Tuesday evening, resulting in significant power outages for some counties. Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers in Morgan County were hit early in the evening with outages, as the cooperative reported 930 outages in the county by 10:20 p.m., with 774 coming from Co-Mo Electric Cooperative and 156
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In a statement posted online and on social media, the group said this is because they are “facing significantly higher than expected expenses.”
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President Joe Biden was scheduled Wednesday afternoon to give remarks about Hurricane Idalia as the storm continues to track through the Southeast.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department wrote on its Facebook page on Monday night that a juvenile suffered a gunshot wound in northeast Columbia and was brought to an area hospital. The department wrote it believed the wound was not life-threatening. CPD also said on its social media that there is no suspect information
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One person drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks on Monday afternoon, a Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District announced in a Monday press release that 45 members of Missouri Task Force One are heading to Florida. Members are deploying to the Pensacola, Florida, at 6 p.m. Monday ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia hitting the coast, according to the release. Task Force teams from Texas
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More than 1,300 Three Rivers Electric Cooperative customers around Jefferson City were without power Monday afternoon.
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A Missouri judge says a law banning gender-affirming treatments for minors can take effect.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Tuesday that a vehicle fire has caused a lane of westbound Interstate 70 to close.
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The mothers of two children killed last December in a Columbia apartment fire have sued the owners of the apartment complex where they died.
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A Columbia man charged in March 2022 with shooting and killing his father pleaded guilty to reduced charges Monday and could spend more than two decades in prison.
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A federal court on Wednesday dismissed charges against a Versailles, Missouri, man who was being prosecuted for his actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The University of Missouri System confirmed Wednesday that a data breach of a file transfer system compromised information about employees, students and retirees.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of murdering a toddler five years ago was ruled incompetent by a judge on Monday. Quatavia Givens, 30, is charged with first-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child, abuse or neglect of a child and abandonment of a corpse in relation to the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray in
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By KATE BRUMBACK and ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday, accused of scheming to illegally overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. It’s the fourth criminal case to be brought against the former president and the second this month to allege
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