Rolla recovers after confirmed EF-2 tornado strikes
Governor Mike Kehoe announced Tuesday that Missouri is requesting assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Friday’s deadly storms.
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Kehoe asks FEMA to join preliminary damage assessment
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state of Missouri has requested that FEMA participate in joint preliminary damage assessments after storms devastated a number of counties on Friday night, according to a Monday press release from the governor’s office. The request is the start of the process of getting federal assistance, the release says. “As I observed
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Columbia Fire Department assistant chief describes wreckage in Rolla
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the Columbia Fire Department and other agencies went to Rolla after the area was devastated by storms on Friday night. CFD Assistant Fire Chief Lester Shewmake was among those who responded after the tornado hit. He said seeing the destruction left behind gave a “different feeling.” “I’ve been down there quite
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Rolla Public Schools cancels classes for the week after EF-2 tornado hits
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Rolla Public Schools announced Sunday that schools will be closed all week. According to a social media post from the district, due to the extensive damage to buildings caused by Friday night’s storm, school will not be in session this week. The days are not expected to impact the calendar or
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Rolla community bands together during cleanup efforts following devastating tornado
ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Various members of the community worked from Friday night through Saturday to help with recovery efforts after the City of Rolla was hit by a tornado Friday. “It’s the community we work in, community we live in and I mean, every law enforcement that’s there, first responder, it’s home and it’s hard
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I-44 reopened after 20-mile backup near Rolla
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic on Interstate 44 west of Rolla was backed up more than 20 miles Wednesday after a morning crash. The Missouri Department of Transportation said in a news release that I-44 westbound was closed in Phelps County at mile marker 176 near Rolla due to weather-related incidents. MoDOT reported the road
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Edgar Springs teenager injured in Phelps County crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old was hospitalized after crashing his motorcycle in Phelps County Saturday morning. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the teenager was riding a 2009 Kawasaki motorcycle on Highway 63, about 15 miles south of Rolla at 11:47 a.m. His motorcycle hit a deer, and he was
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Sheriff’s Office: Man shot in Phelps County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 59-year old man was shot in Phelps County on Sunday morning, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department wrote on its Facebook page on Monday. The sheriff’s office wrote that deputies were called at 10:37 a.m. to the 19000 block of Highway 63 South, about 10 miles south of Rolla. The post says
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Royal Canin plant in Rolla to close, 105 people to lose jobs
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Royal Canin will permanently close its manufacturing plant in Rolla. The company – which specializes in making pet food – sent a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the state on Tuesday. The plant at 1700 Bridge School Road will cease production on April 18 and the plant itself will be
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Kansas City man charged after allegedly stabbing 2 men at Phelps County restaurant
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man was charged with four felonies after he was accused of stabbing two men on Monday at a restaurant in St. James. Patricio Padilla, 45, was charged with first-degree harassment, second-degree assault, first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Phelps County Jail on a
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St. James man seriously hurt after motorcycle crash in Phelps County
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man was seriously hurt after a crash in Phelps County at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states a 63-year-old man was driving a Motto Guzzi motorcycle eastbound on I-44 at mm 189 when he experienced a tire failure,
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78-year-old man killed in Pulaski County crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 78-year-old man was killed in single-vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 44 near the 158-mile marker in Pulaski County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says that a 2016 Ram 1500 – driven by a 36-year-old man from Lebanon, Missouri – was heading westbound when
Continue Reading Odessa man pleads guilty to 5 felonies in crash that knocked out power in Maries County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Odessa man pleaded guilty to five felonies in a December 2023 crash that knocked out power for hundreds of people in Maries County. Jeramy Sisk pleaded guilty to resisting arrest, three counts of first-degree property damage and one count of stealing a car. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Parents indicted in Phelps County baby’s fentanyl overdose death in 2023
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a Phelps County baby who died of a fentanyl overdose last year are in custody. Caleb Deon Gorman, 25, of Salem, and Corissa Dessie Botkin, 24, of Rolla, are charged with child abuse resulting in death. Gorman was arrested Tuesday morning and Botkin was arrested that evening, the Phelps
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Pedestrian killed in Phelps County crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pedestrian was killed just after midnight Tuesday after getting struck by a vehicle on Interstate 44, around mile marker 177 in Phelps County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 55-year-old man from Merriam Woods was walking westbound on Interstate 44 when
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St. James man accused of breaking into Rolla Technical Institute, fighting teacher
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man was charged with multiple felonies after court documents say he broke into a school and fought a teacher on Thursday. Heber Lewis, 19, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree making a terroristic threat, first-degree property damage and resisting arrest. He is being held at the Phelps County Jail
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Elderly woman killed in Phelps County fire
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was killed and a man was badly injured in a house fire Thursday night in Phelps County. The Phelps County Sheriff’s Department says the 74-year-old woman, who was not named in a social media post, was pronounced dead at the scene after firefighters responded at 7:17 p.m. to the 13000
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Department of Conservation investigating video of deer being beaten in Phelps County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A video of a man beating up a hurt deer posted on social media has garnered attention and now the Missouri Department of Conservation is investigating. The video posted on Facebook at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday is a screen recording of a Snapchat video showing a hurt deer lying on the side
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Man flown to University Hospital after being hit by SUV
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Phelps County man was flown to University Hospital on Monday night after an SUV hit him on a country highway. The 33-year-old Newburg man was walking on Route T just south of Doolittle when he was hit by a GMC Acadia driven by a 16-year-old boy, according to a Missouri State
Continue Reading California man killed, woman seriously injured in Phelps County crash Saturday morning
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A California man died in a crash in Phelps County on Saturday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 37-year-old woman from Montebello, California was driving a 2019 Freightliner Cascadia on Interstate 44 Westbound at 2:03 a.m. A 54-year-old man from Hacienda Heights, California was a
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