WINTER WEATHER UPDATES: Highway patrol reports one injury in Mid-Missouri crashes
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THURSDAY UPDATES: MU reminds students, faculty and staff to report positive COVID cases
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Southern Boone no longer requiring masks in any circumstance
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Federal funds dedicated to help clean up polluted Superfund site in Maries County
The old hat factory sits on a 7.9-acre Superfund site in Vienna that includes two public drinking wells contaminated by the factory’s operations. Two companies operated on the site from 1952 to 1996, contaminating the soil and groundwater with harmful compounds called PCEs which are believed to contribute to cancer.
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Gasconade County school district to close Friday after TikTok threat challenge
School districts across Mid-Missouri say they’ve been made aware of a trend on social media app TikTok that challenges kids to threaten their schools.
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Troopers on high alert for Labor Day Weekend
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers are out on high alert as the organization expects more traffic on highways and waterways for the Labor Day weekend. “I think over the next several days there’s gonna be a significant increase in traffic on all the major highways and interstates throughout the state and throughout
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Maries County escapee caught Wednesday morning in Gasconade County
GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Maries County escapee was caught Wednesday morning in Gasconade County after a search of a residence. According to Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, Christopher Koepke, a recent escapee from the Maries County Sheriff’s Office, was found at a house on High St. in Bland. Koepke was discovered hiding in
Continue Reading Maries County Sheriff’s Dept. says man overdosed in vehicle Wednesday
MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Maries County sheriff said a drug overdose killed a Rolla man Wednesday night. Sheriff Chris Heitman wrote on the department’s Facebook page that 31-year-old William Ross was found dead in his pickup truck by a woman. Heitman said the department suspects an opiate overdose after deputies and the coroner investigated.
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Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approves guardrail and median guard cable repair contracts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has approved two one-year contracts that will provide guardrail and downed median guard cable repairs in several mid-Missouri counties. The first contract entails repairs in various locations as needed in Camden, Maries and Miller Counties. The second contract will be for repairs along various routes
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Man drowned on Rinquelin Trail Lake Sunday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri man died Sunday after drowning on Rinquelin Trail Lake in Maries County. Official reports said around 5:09 p.m 77-year-old Paul W. Becker fell overboard and didn’t surface. Jerome Frey was driving the boat at the time of the incident, and there was no damage to the boat. The report said
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One dead after house explosion in Maries County
A woman was flown to a St. Louis hospital with severe burns after a house exploded in Maries County.
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St. James man charged with second-degree murder after fentanyl overdose
ST. JAMES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Saint James man is now charged with second-degree murder in connection to a fentanyl overdose that happened in Maries County. Tanner Orr, 26, is also charged with delivery of a controlled substance. Kenneth Ahart Junior was found dead in his home in Saint James on Oct. 12 from an overdose.
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2 arrested near Vichy connected to St. James homicide
The St. James Police Department said two people have been arrested in connection to a homicide investigation.
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Federal report shows drastic increase in Missouri hospital supply shortages
In Missouri’s latest state profile report, formerly known as the ‘Red Zone’ report showed a 40% increase in hospitals reporting supply shortages.
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Live April election results
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St. James man charged with murder after overdose death
Dennis S. Stanley was arrested and charged Wednesday with 2nd degree murder, manslaughter and intent to distribute after an overdose death in Vichy.
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Two people rescued from flooded bridge in Rolla
ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Water rescue crews saved two people from a flooded bridge in Rolla on Friday night. It happened around 9 p.m. on a low water bridge on Missouri County Road 527. According to a Facebook post from the Maries County Sheriff’s Office, the truck got stuck on the bridge when trying to cross
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Governor Parson: Regional mass vaccination events will be held next week
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Columbia man dies in Maries County wreck
VICHY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a Columbia man has died from a wreck in Maries County after the vehicle he was in hit two buildings and overturned. According to the crash report, Travis Swearengin, 32, was traveling northbound on Highway 63 inside Vichy city limits when it went off the side
Continue Reading MoDOT: Lane closures to occur during culvert pipe replacement on Route 52 in Miller County
MILLER COUNTY – MoDOT will close down one lane of Route 52 in various locations of Miller and Maries counties over the next two weeks in order to improve drainage. MoDOT will be replacing culvert pipes between Route 17 in Tuscumbia and Route 133 in Maries County from Monday, January 25 until Monday, February 8.
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