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More road closures, traffic changes coming to Boone, Callaway counties

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Drivers in Boone and Callaway counties should prepare for several road closures and traffic changes as construction projects continue across Mid-Missouri. The Missouri Department of Transportation announced Friday that crews will make several changes to traffic patterns beginning this week. While drivers will have to navigate more construction, there is some good

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Eighth and Walnut parking garage to reopen Monday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hourly parking will begin again at the Eighth and Walnut parking garage in downtown Columbia on Monday, according to a Friday press release from the city. The parking garage closed in May for a summer maintenance project, which included “cable repairs, concrete repairs, and sealant and expansion joint replacement work throughout the garage,” the release says.

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Providence Road McDonald’s fire caused by ‘improperly discarded smoking materials’

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department confirmed in a Thursday social media post that Tuesday’s fire at the new McDonald’s on Providence Road in Columbia was caused by “improperly discarded smoking materials.” The fire at 200 South Providence Road led to two firefighters needing to be treated for heat-related illness.   Providence Road was

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Man, woman from Washington state killed in motorcycle crash with semi-truck; second reported crash kills truck driver

Editor’s note: How a 2020 Freightliner truck and a 2010 Harley Davison Street Glide were involved in a fatal crash has been corrected MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people have died in two separate crashes in the same area of Interstate 70 on Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed. The first crash occurred at

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