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Cooper County clerk says office will likely go over budget after spat with commission
After Cooper County commissioners approved the 2020 budget Thursday, the county clerk said her office will likely go over budget.
Continue ReadingAfter Cooper County commissioners approved the 2020 budget Thursday, the county clerk said her office will likely go over budget.
Continue ReadingThe Boonville Police Department announced on Wednesday night that 15 people are arrested on suspicion of drug offenses and 25 have been indicted.
Continue ReadingBoone Hospital hosted a job fair for Pinnacle employees Tuesday in the Pinnacle Regional Hospital lobby.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol said 20 vehicles were involved in a crash that shut down Interstate 70 westbound on Monday.
Continue ReadingSome Boonville residents are doing their best to find ways to help Pinnacle Regional Hospital patients and employees who were left empty-handed when the hospital closed Wednesday.
Continue ReadingThe frequency at which rural hospitals are closing across the United States has accelerated in recent years.
Continue ReadingPinnacle Regional Hospital in Boonville will close its doors Wednesday, hospital leadership said in a news release.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT officials said the state’s department of transportation has 222 plows across the central district ready to go for the expected rain and snow coming this weekend. “The next couple of days is a very high variable weather event,” said Adam Pulley, the MoDOT Central District communication manager. Pulley said rain
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. Authorities were at the Lamine River Wednesday continuing their efforts to find Mengqi Ji Elledge three months after her disappearance. On Wednesday, ABC17 crews saw a team of five people go out on a boat upstream around 12:30 p.m. It appeared divers were a part of that team. The search continued until
Continue ReadingLaw enforcement agencies returned to the De Bourgmont Lamine River Access on Tuesday, to search for the missing Columbia mother. The Columbia Police Department along with the Columbia Fire Department and a team of divers took a CFD boat east from the access point on the Lamine River. A CPD detective said this is not
Continue ReadingA man and woman from Columbia are charged with assaulting a state trooper and allegedly trying to escape custody on Thursday.
Continue ReadingAn advisory group appointed by Missouri’s governor says the state’s levees need to be strengthened and repaired, especially in rural areas hit hard by prolonged flooding in 2019.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Democrat Michela Skelton announced Friday that she will no longer seek to represent Missouri’s 19th Senate District. The Columbia attorney originally announced her candidacy August 22. The 19th Senate District seat is currently filled by Republican Sen. Caleb Rowden, who serves as the chamber’s majority floor leader.
Continue ReadingLaw Enforcement agencies will continue to search the Lamine river on Friday for Mengqi Ji Elledge.
Continue ReadingA Boone County grand jury indicted Joseph Elledge Friday morning on one count of abuse or neglect of a child and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Continue ReadingLaw enforcement will resume the search for Mengqi Ji Elledge on Friday in the Lamine River in Cooper County.
Continue ReadingAs the state prepares to replace the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River near Rocheport, the Missouri Department of Transportation is letting the public give feedback on its re-evaluation of an environmental study. The environmental study was done in 2005/ A summary of the re-evaluation can be found here: improvei70.org/environmental_3.htm. If you would like
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Law enforcement agencies are not giving up the search for a missing Columbia mother, Mengqi Ji Elledge. A search of the Lamine River in Cooper County stretched into its ninth day Friday as cold temperatures create an obstacle to divers. HAPPENING NOW: Day 9 in the Lamine River search for
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement crews entered the Lamine River in Cooper County for an eighth day in the search for a missing Columbia mother. HAPPENING NOW : DAY 8 of the search for Mengqi Ji Elledge in the Lamine River. The first diver just arrived on scene. K-9 unit has been signaling in
Continue ReadingThe search in a Mid-Missouri river for a missing Columbia woman was scaled back Wednesday, the seventh day that crews were on the water.
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