BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Data from the National Traffic Highway Administration Shows that Highway 5 has seen the most deaths in the state during the past five years. The highway saw an average of 11 traffic-related deaths per year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from 2018-22. On Tuesday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed its annual bus inspections for school districts in the state and the Jefferson City School District saw an improvement from last year. School buses can be rated as “approved,” “defective” or “out of service.” A Tuesday press release from MSHP states buses with defective ratings
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Eastbound Interstate 70 traffic has stalled in part of Boone County after a tractor-trailer fire.
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Two people were injured, including one child, after a crash involving a dirt bike and a UTV in Cooper County on Saturday morning.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Fire Protection District is worried about how proposed changes to OSHA guidelines could affect its operations. The proposed rule changes would replace the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s existing Fire Brigades standard, which has had barely any changes since 1980. Changes would expand the rules to increase safety measures
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was charged on Tuesday after he led deputies on a chase on Monday, court documents say. Prentice Harris, 34, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, two counts of resisting arrest and two misdemeanors: Speeding 26 miles per hour over the limit and driving while
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One person died in a crash that blocked a country highway Monday in Cooper County.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The eastbound exit ramp from Interstate 70 to Route BB will close next week for continuing work on the Rocheport Bridge, according to a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The ramp will close daily from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Those needing access to Route BB
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Executives at Spirit of ’76 Fireworks said Tuesday that a massive fire in a Boonville warehouse had been extinguished.
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A spokesperson from Spirit of ’76 Fireworks confirmed the warehouse in Boonville caught fire on Monday afternoon.
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A federal judge in Jefferson City sentenced a Columbia man to 15 years in prison Monday for a Boonville bank robbery.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was seriously injured Friday in a three-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near mile marker 97, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states the crash occurred as a 2018 Buick Enclave – driven by Jason Baker, 53, of Blue Springs – was
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The Port of Howard/Cooper County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning to mark the completion of transformative infrastructure project.
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Two people are now recovering after they were hurt in a crash on Interstate 70 in Cooper County on Monday afternoon.
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A registered sex offender in Boonville has been charged after he allegedly groped and forcibly kissed a high school student at a gas station.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested an 18-year-old after a crash in Cooper County on Wednesday afternoon.
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Westbound lanes are now open after traffic on Interstate 70 was at a standstill Tuesday evening after a semi-truck caught fire near the Missouri River Bridge, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Mid-Missouri counties experienced damage as storms moved through Thursday night. Sedalia Fire Chief Matthew Irwin said the fire department started getting calls around 7 p.m. The department responded to 18 calls in 90 minutes. The calls included trees into homes, power lines down and lightning strikes. He said that there were
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Cooper County Jail staff member who was accused of manslaughter will have an Administrative Hearing Commission hearing over the status of her peace officer’s license. A hearing for Rachel Atherton is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, according to AHC documents. Atherton currently has a suspended Class A
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Traffic was delayed for almost three hours on Interstate 70 in Cooper County near mile marker 96 after a semi-truck flipped over blocking eastbound lanes.
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