The district said in a news release that Bryant Gladney died at the scene after the crash involving a tractor-trailer near Route Z. Gladney was going to the scene of a crash when a westbound tractor-trailer hit Gladney’s firetruck at high speed before hitting a University Hospital ambulance and the vehicle involved in the original crash, according to the release.
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Contractors worked to install the four sirens over the past two weeks, the Boone County Office of Emergency Management said Tuesday. The sites — Bluebird Lane near Route N in the Pierpont area, Olivet Road near Route WW east of Columbia, Bentwood Lane between Hallsville and Centralia, and Starla Road near Route VV in the Hinton area — are in places that had poor siren coverage, the agency said in a news release.
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COVID-19 case levels and hospitalizations are rising in Missouri as the holidays approach — part of a nationwide trend of increasing COVID infections.
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Boone County commissioners say the county needs a tax on online sales.
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Reports of a TikTok video that challenges kids to send threats to their school on Friday emerged this week and quickly spread nationwide. Some schools have closed, including Gasconade County R-II, while others are reminding parents that there is no credible threat and telling them police are on the lookout.
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The sheriff’s office Facebook page posted 11 photos that showed a range of hardware tools and a trailer. Various people were in the comment section of the post thanking the office for its work.
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“The team is in good spirits and proud to have been able to assist the citizens of Kentucky”, the Boone County Fire Protection District wrote in a Facebook post. The team is based at the fire district headquarters.
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Boone County leaders are looking toward a possible internet sales tax to increase revenue for the county and local businesses.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. EDITOR’S NOTE: Google Fiber’s name has been corrected. Google Fiber may soon offer its gigabit internet service to customers in Mid-Missouri. The company and Columbia talked on Tuesday about what it would take to bring Google Fiber to the city. A spokesman for Columbia said the conversation focused on the permitting and inspection
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An intersection in downtown Columbia is back open Thursday morning, after being closed due to a traffic light down in the road.
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Power companies in Mid-Missouri are ready for potential outages Wednesday as the area deals with strong winds.
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Task Force 1 ran assessments on more than 1,600 structures and did wellness checks while in Mayfield. The team searched buildings for survivors and assessed the damage, which ranged from none to destruction. Task Force 1 uploaded its data into a GPS system that helped populate a map that local officials could use.
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Columbia fire crews say they rescued a dog from a burning home on the 4400 block of Oriole Lane.
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Food Bank’s Holiday Food and Fun Drive beginning at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning, in Columbia and Jefferson City.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers found 60 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 70 in Boone County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday night, the Columbia Board of Education voted to halt the mask mandate for the school district, but the policy won’t go into effect until after the winter break. Board members also voted to change the COVID-19 protocols to require only people who test positive for the virus to quarantine. Columbia
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