JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City announced in a Tuesday social media post that it is offering $7.3 million in grants for affordable multi-family rental projects. The funding comes from the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief Program. It aims to boost housing recovery efforts following the destruction from the 2019 tornado. The city is accepting
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Wednesday was the fifth anniversary of the 2019 tornado that hit Eldon and Jefferson City.
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Five years after the May 22, 2019, tornado hit Jefferson City, local leaders say low-income housing is a problem that’s only grown in the area.
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On May 22, 2019, the National Weather Service in St. Louis issued its first-ever Tornado Emergency as an EF-3 tornado tore through the capital city just before midnight.Â
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A look back at the 2019 tornado that hit Eldon and Jefferson City.
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May 22 is the fifth anniversary of the frightful day for residents of Cole County.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – A broken clock hangs on the wall in the Capitol Kids business on Ford Street in Jefferson City. The time reads 11:32, forever frozen by the damage an EF3 tornado did to the building in May 2019. Swanson also remembers feeling frozen. “Sitting on the curb in the daylight thinking
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In the aftermath of the May 2019 storm, the National Weather Service sent a team to Jefferson City to assess the damage and determine if it had been caused by a tornado.
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The May 2019 tornado that swept through Jefferson City marked a historic moment that changed people’s lives and the scope of the city, while also taking some pieces of history with it.
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The businesses along Christy Drive in Jefferson City were some of the buildings that suffered the most damage in the 2019 tornado.
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Heritage Highway on the outskirts of Jefferson City suffered a direct hit when the tornado ripped through the area.
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The historic area along East Capitol Avenue suffered the tornado’s wrath.
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The area around Jefferson City High School has changed a lot since 2019.
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Former ABC 17 Stormtrack meteorologist Kevin Schneider joined Chief Meteorologist remotely from Colorado on Thursday to talk about the 2019 tornado that hit Eldon and Jefferson City.
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Ashley Strohmier, a former ABC 17 News anchor who now works for Fox News, participated in a Zoom interview Wednesday with Anchor Lucas Geisler live over YouTube.
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Jefferson City, Mo (KMIZ) The River City Habitat for Humanity dedicated a home on Wednesday to a local veteran who lost his home in the 2019 Jefferson City tornado. The tornado rolled through Jefferson City with 160 mph winds and left a path of destruction. Homes and businesses were destroyed and more than 20 people
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) May 22 marks the four-year anniversary of a tornado that ripped through Jefferson City. Following the monstrous tornado, Habitat for Humanity lent a hand to families who lost their homes, and continues to do so four years later. River City Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Susan Cook-Williams said the organization has
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Jefferson City community leaders and organizations will be holding a Restoring Hope Press Conference on Friday morning to document the anniversary of the EF3 tornado, which hit the city two years ago.
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River City Habitat for Humanity is hosting an open house for four new homes Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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The Jefferson City School Board unanimously approved the sale of the former Simonsen 9th Grade Center during a meeting Monday night.
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