COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With severe storms expected to roll through Mid-Missouri on Tuesday evening, utility and restoration companies are preparing for the chance of having to restore power throughout the area. “The lightning we really can’t control and that’s probably one of the biggest issues with storms like this,” said Laura Baker, who is the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of area city and county offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day. Both City of Columbia offices will be closed for the holiday. Curbside trash collection will not take place Monday, and will be delayed one day the rest of the week, according to a press
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Interstate 70 is scheduled to close Sunday, Sept. 10 so a demolition team can blast off a truss of the old Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The interstate in both directions will be closed, as well
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri will soon be introduced to a new area code, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Public Service Commission. The new area code – 235 – will not replace numbers that currently use 573. New numbers using the 235 area code will begin being assigned on March 24, 2024.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A U.S. Department of Labor spokesman said on Tuesday that OSHA has been notified of the death of an employee at the Caterpillar facility in Boonville. The worker died Monday morning, according to the Boonville Police Department. The worker’s death is being reported as “natural causes,” the Department of Labor spokesman said
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) An employee of Caterpillar Inc. died Monday morning at its Boonville facility, according to the Boonville Police Department. “Officers did respond to a medical call at Caterpillar this morning. An employee died inside the factory,” Assistant Chief of Boonville Police Joe Pangburn said in an email. “The death is still under investigation but
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Saline County woman was charged Thursday in Cooper County after allegedly stealing more than $10,000 from her employer. Patricia Michelle Frye, 44, of Sweet Springs, is charged with five counts of fraudulent use of a debit card, four of which are felonies. She is not listed on a jail roster for
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Boone County deputies have arrested a Columbia man accused of stealing from gambling machines at convenience stores in Cooper and Callaway counties.
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barton County man has been charged after allegedly stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment in Cooper County. John William Couzens, 56, of Lamar, was charged Monday with stealing more than $750. He is being held at the Cass County Jail and a $5,000 bond was. A court date has
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with multiple child sex crimes after allegedly assaulting two children. Isaac Owen Griffith, 18, is charged with two counts of first-degree sodomy and two counts of first-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail on a $200,000 bond. Griffith was booked into the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several people were seriously hurt in Mid-Missouri crashes over the weekend. Cooper County A 33-year-old woman suffered serious injuries in a Cooper County crash on Sunday. Highway Patrol says the crash occurred when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the road and overturned into a utility pole. Passenger Jennifer Schelling
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 700 Ameren customers in Cooper County were without power early Monday evening. There were 690 customers without power in Cooper County. Moniteau County also had a sizable outage with 260 Ameren customers without power. An Ameren spokesperson told ABC 17 News in an email that the outage was weather-related and began
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of Mid-Missouri utility customers were experiencing power outages for the second time this week as storms rolled in once again Friday. Boone Electric had 24 outages with 2,485 customers without power at its peak. Those totals drooped to 14 outages for 1474 customers by 11:10 p.m. A number of the outages
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PRAIRIE HOME, Mo. (KMIZ) A Prairie Home man was arrested Thursday and later charged after allegedly hitting another person in the head with a pry bar five times. George Horridge, 35, is charged with second-degree assault and armed-criminal action. He is being held in the Cooper County Jail on a $25,000 bond, according to court
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cooper County Fire Protection District responded to and extinguished a semi-truck fire on I-70 Saturday afternoon. The fire was in the 100 mile marker of I-70 Eastbound. The back axle of the trailer caught on fire, and the driver was able to disconnect the car from the trailer. Cooper County Fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of arrests have been by the Missouri State Highway Patrol this holiday weekend, and most of the arrests in Mid-Missouri are for drunk driving accusations. The MSHP counting period for Independence Day weekend started 6 p.m. Friday and will run through July 4. The counting period is designed to help MSHP track
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation announced on its social media that eastbound traffic on Interstate 70 will be shifting Thursday at the Rocheport Bridge. Eastbound traffic will be narrowed to one lane at 7 p.m. The traffic shift should be complete by midnight the same night, with two westbound and two eastbound
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New Bloomfield came out of Gov. Mike Parson’s budget deliberations a loser of millions meant to improve sewer and water systems.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of municipalities in the Mid-Missouri area are canceling or postponing their Independence Day fireworks displays as intense heat and drought conditions continue to hammer the area. The City of Centralia said Thursday that it is canceling its July 1 fireworks display because of dry conditions. It will be rescheduled, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Doug Richey (R-Excelsior Springs) announced Tuesday night on his social media that he will run for the 21st District seat in the Missouri Senate. Richey currently represents District 39 in the Missouri House, which is part of Clay County. He was first elected to that seat in 2018. District 21
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