MSHP: Chain-reaction crash caused I-70 shut down on Monday afternoon
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 20 vehicles were involved in a crash that shut down Interstate 70 westbound on Monday.
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Boonville residents hold out hope for hospital and its former employees
Some 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.
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Boonville closing highlights rural hospital challenges
The frequency at which rural hospitals are closing across the United States has accelerated in recent years.
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Pinnacle Regional Hospital in Boonville will close its doors Wednesday, hospital leadership said in a news release.
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More than 200 plows ready for weekend winter storm
JEFFERSON 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
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Crews continue search for missing mother 3 months after disappearance
COOPER 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
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Authorities return to search for Mengqi Ji Elledge
Law 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
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Pair from Columbia charged, suspected of fighting state trooper
A man and woman from Columbia are charged with assaulting a state trooper and allegedly trying to escape custody on Thursday.
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Advisory group urges better flood protection in Missouri
An 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.
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Skelton bows out of State Senate race
COLUMBIA 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.
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Authorities continue search for missing Columbia mother for 10th day
Law Enforcement agencies will continue to search the Lamine river on Friday for Mengqi Ji Elledge.
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Husband of missing woman indicted on charge related to disappearance
A 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.
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Police to resume search for missing Columbia woman Friday
Law enforcement will resume the search for Mengqi Ji Elledge on Friday in the Lamine River in Cooper County.
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MoDOT accepting feedback on re-evaluation of environmental study of bridge
As 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
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Investigators to use SONAR tech during ninth day of Elledge search
COOPER 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
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Search for missing Columbia mom enters its eighth day
COOPER 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
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Search for Columbia mother apparently scaled back
The 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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Search for Mengqi Ji Elledge continues into seventh day
Authorities were back at the De Bourgmont access on the Lamine River on Tuesday to search for a missing Columbia mother.
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Search for Mengqi Ji Elledge suspended until Tuesday
COOPER COUNTY, Mo. Divers will resume their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Tuesday. Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said authorities were pausing their search for the weekend as the sun set Friday. Friday was the fifth day divers were at the De Bourgmont Lamine River Access. Crews also
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Dive teams enter third day of search for missing Columbia woman
Divers continued their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Wednesday.
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