of being the first people over the new Rocheport bridge has worn off as drivers continue to experience delays Saturday night. These delays will continue for the rest of the weekend.Â
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Passenger vehicles will drive over the new Missouri River bridge on Interstate 70 for the first time starting later this month.
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Interstate 70 westbound at the Missouri River bridge reopened Tuesday afternoon more than five hours after a multi-vehicle crash shut it down.
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Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed an executive order creating a “drought alert” in the state, according to a news release.
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MARSHALL, Mo. (KMIZ) Republican state Rep. Kurtis Gregory announced in a Wednesday press release that he is running for the District 21 seat in the Missouri Senate. District 21 includes Cooper, Howard, Lafayette, Ray and Saline counties, as well as part of Clay County. The seat is currently held by Sen. Denny Hoskins, who will
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A Boonville man was arrested Tuesday following a chase with deputies, according to a Wednesday social media post by the Cooper Sheriff’s Office. A deputy saw Christopher Stallings, 33, driving a vehicle and knew he had a warrant for his arrest, according to the post. The deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop but Stallings
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JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cooper County man who crashed his 1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo last month in Johnson County has died. Andrew Zeller, 38, died at University of Kansas Hospital on Wednesday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred Saturday, April 29. Zeller’s vehicle crashed when he
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation announced on its social media that there will be intermittent lane closures on the Rocheport Bridge on Interstate 70 this week. The closures will occur day and night in the left lanes heading in both directions, according to the post. ALERT!I-70 Rocheport BridgeDay & night this week,
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County ATV crash left four kids in a Columbia hospital Sunday morning. Another man was seriously injured in Cooper County after an ATV crash Saturday. Two other reports of ATV crashes were recorded in the past week from Moniteau County and Randolph County. An increase in off-road riders starts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dalton L. Hazlett, 20, of Pilot Grove Missouri, is suffering serious injuries after a single ATV crash in Cooper County on Saturday. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol Crash Report, the crash happened around 7:30 p.m. south of 3874 Conservation Drive in Cooper County. According to Troopers, Hazlett was traveling northbound at
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man has been charged with several child sex crimes. Troy Reed, 43, is charged with two counts of first-degree rape of a victim younger than 12 years old, two counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts of first-degree sodomy of a victim younger than 12 years old. He is
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The trial of a man accused of killing a Central Methodist University football player last summer has moved from Howard County to Cooper County.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care on Tuesday celebrated the grand opening of its new Jackson Road Medical Building in Boonville. The 14,000 square-foot facility opened its doors March 27. The building — located at 516 Jackson Road — features an urgent care with extended hours, primary care, imaging including a CT scanner, lab and therapy services, according
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Safety on Monday approved more than $9.9 million in grants to 43 sheriff’s offices across the state for security and other improvements to local jails, according to a press release from the governor’s office. A number of sheriff’s offices in Mid-Missouri are benefitting from it, with
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men suffered minor injuries in a crash that involved two semi-trucks Wednesday morning near the 96-mile marker on Interstate 70 in Cooper County. A 2018 MACK CXU – driven by Markell McCottrell, 40, of St. Louis – was traveling westbound on Interstate 70 when it exited the left side of
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care will open the new 14,000 square-foot Jackson Road Medical Building in Boonville on Monday, according to a press release. The building — located at 516 Jackson Road — will feature an urgent care with extended hours, primary care, imaging to include a CT scanner, lab and therapy services. The
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A fleet of first responders from two counties was called to a house fire on Highway 98 in Cooper County on Wednesday.
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Boonville baseball has changed its head coach — a move that came after a parent said her son was subject to “hazing.”
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Drivers can look forward to about a month’s worth of overnight lane closures in western Boone County and eastern Cooper County as work continues on the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is partnering with other local organizations to host a naloxone education and distribution event PHHS is partnering with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition to host the event at 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at CenterPoint Hospital. It is part of a series of events that is free
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