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UPDATE: The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it worked hundreds of crashes in central Missouri on Friday. Troop F tweeted that it responded to 452 calls for service between 12 p.m. and 10 p.m. Troopers responded to 247 slide offs, 158 crashes, 6 possible injuries and no fatalities. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF/status/1083945330805276672″,”author_name”:”MSHP Troop F”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Troop F

Columbia’s winter shelter will stay open longer during the winter storm. The Room at the Inn announced it would open at 7 p.m. on Friday night and stay open in continuous operation until at least Sunday at 7 a.m. Officials said they would evaluate the conditions Saturday night and decide if the hours of operation

The Cole County Public Works Department encountered some issues while clearing heavy snow on Friday. Cole County Public Works Director Larry Benz said some of their trucks needed to be worked on by mechanics, but it didn’t stop crews from clearing the roads. City officials said it is possible some mailboxes were damaged as crews

A new shift of plow drivers reported for a 12-hour shift at 7 p.m. Friday night, according to Columbia Public Works. Crews will continue plowing and treating priority routes as snowfall is expected to continue overnight, the city said. Columbia Public Works also started ticketing and towing vehicles from priority snow routes at 7 p.m.

According to a spokesperson from the Mizzou basketball team, the Tigers and South Carolina will now play Sunday instead of Saturday. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MizzouHoops/status/1083924062030700546″,”author_name”:”Mizzou Basketball”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MizzouHoops”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Mizzou&#lt;/a&#gt;'s matchup at South Carolina has been tentatively rescheduled to Sunday.&#lt;br&#gt;&#lt;br&#gt;[&#lt;a href=”https://t.co/nmWLHKBOzB”&#gt;https://t.co/nmWLHKBOzB&#lt;/a&#gt;]&#lt;/p&#gt;— Mizzou Basketball (@MizzouHoops) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MizzouHoops/status/1083924062030700546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;January 12, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The Mizzou basketball team was unable to

Columbia road crews have already started preparing the roads for the winter weather. Columbia Public Works will salt the roads as snow expected with this storm begins to fall. Barry Dalton from Columbia Public Works said crews began salting bridges, intersections and other areas that are prone to becoming slick Friday morning. He said laying

Columbia road crews have already started preparing the roads for the winter weather. Columbia Public Works will salt the roads as snow expected with this storm begins to fall. Barry Dalton from Columbia Public Works said crews began salting bridges, intersections and other areas that are prone to becoming slick Friday morning. He said laying

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is having more troopers on duty and on standby amid Friday’s winter storm. “Winter weather isn’t anything we haven’t seen before,” said Sergeant Scott White with MSHP. “We have had plenty of lead time, plenty of warning and we are prepared for it.” He said the majority of Troop F’s

An investigation is underway after an armed robbery at a title loan business in central Columbia on Friday afternoon. Police told an ABC 17 News crew at the scene the armed robbery happened at Mid-American Title Loans near the intersection of Rangeline Street and Business Loop 70 around 3 p.m. Witnesses told police one shot

Two Columbia Public Schools buses got into minor crashes on Friday afternoon during routes that happened amid heavy snowfall. Bus 59 became stuck at Tomlin Hill Road and Pierpont while high school students were on board, said CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark. Sstudents were picked up by their parents, and the scene was clear just after

TONIGHT: Moderate to heavy widespread snowfall continues overnight as temperatures drop into the upper 20s to just below freezing. Total snow amounts of 8-12 inches are expected with lowest totals west from near HWY 65 to Kansas City and higher amounts east of HWY 63. Some accumulation in our eastern counties could rise well over

An American Airlines plane slid off the runway at Columbia Regional Airport Friday afternoon, causing both runways to close, according to airport spokesman Mike Parks. There were 80 passengers on board of the aircraft at the time of the slide off. Passengers of the flight 5766 aircraft were coming to Columbia from Dallas-Fort Worth. Passengers

A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI . THE WARNING GOES IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING. FRIDAY: A transition to all snow has occurred across Mid-Missouri, with huge snowflakes adding to higher accumulation values. Temperatures are holding steady near the freezing mark, which prompted the increase in

Utilities, school, law enforcement and fire officials in Jefferson City and Cole County used social media to get the word out about the impacts of Friday’s expected snowfall in mid-Missouri. Mayor Carrie Tergin announced Friday morning just before noon that administrative offices at city hall will close at 2 p.m. Jefferson City Public Schools announced

University of Missouri Board of Curators appointed made 8 committee chair appointments Friday. Committee chair assignments for 2019 are: Executive Committee: Jon Sundvold Academic, Student Affairs, Research and Economic Development Committee: Darryl Chatman Audit Committee: Jeffrey Layman Compensation and Human Resources Committee: Phillip Snowden External Affairs, Marketing and Advancement Committee: Jamie Farmer Finance Committee: Julia

A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI . THE WARNING GOES IN EFFECT AS EARLY AS TODAY AT 6 AM UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING. FRIDAY: A winter storm is developing for Friday and will send moisture into mid-Missouri during the day Friday as temperatures reach the mid to upper

The Mizzou women’s basketball team tied a program record for its best start in the SEC after a 71-53 win over Arkansas. The Tigers have now won six straight games and improve to 14-3 (3-0 SEC) on the season. Amber Smith led the way with her seventh double double of the season. She had 15

Missouri spent $26,352,427 in overtime costs to corrections officers in 2018. Those costs have tripled over the last 5 years, as the department continues to face a growing deficit of corrections officers. The rapidly increasing costs of overtime appears to correlate with the number of open corrections officer positions. According to the Department of Corrections,

Hundreds of employees between the Missouri Department of Transportation and Cole County Public Works are preparing for a long stretch of snow coverage. “Definitely it’s all hands on deck response that we’re planning,” said assistant maintenance engineer Paul Denkler of MoDOT’s Central District. Denkler said 450 employees will work for 36 hours driving 225 trucks

After mulling over a chance to go to the NFL Draft in 2019, tight end Albert Okwuegbunam decided he will return to Mizzou for his junior year according to his social media account. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/albertok1234/status/1083407559019634688″,”author_name”:”Albert Okwuegbunam”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/albertok1234″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”da” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Tiger For Ever &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/HH7g93H4f6″&#gt;pic.twitter.com/HH7g93H4f6&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Albert Okwuegbunam (@albertok1234) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/albertok1234/status/1083407559019634688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;January 10, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} With former Clemson