Transportation Archives

Columbia plow crew gets ready ahead of winter storm possible on Wednesday

January 21, 2020 5:23 PM Matt Ragsdale

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Mid-Missouri for accumulating snow and ice possible on Wednesday

MSHP: Chain-reaction crash caused I-70 shut down on Monday afternoon

January 20, 2020 10:57 PM Matt Ragsdale

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 20 vehicles were involved in a crash that shut down Interstate 70 westbound on Monday.

Crews will continue to treat roads until roads are near normal

January 20, 2020 7:16 PM Sydney Olsen

Crews with Columbia Public works and Boone County Road and Bridge were out treating roads on Monday.

A Jefferson City man uses a leaf blower to clear a layer of snow off of a sidewalk on Monday.

Cole County road crews expect slick roads for Monday morning commute

January 20, 2020 7:51 PM Barry Mangold

After less than an inch of snow preceded multiple crashes in the Jefferson City area, road crews are expecting below-freezing temperatures to cause more headaches for drivers on Tuesday.

Full road treatment teams deployed in Jefferson City, Cole County amid falling snow

January 20, 2020 3:13 PM Joe McLean

The 24 salt trucks in the Jefferson City Public Works fleet got to work just before Noon Monday as snow began to cover the city’s streets.

Mid-Missouri authorities warn drivers of poor road conditions

January 20, 2020 5:27 PM Matt Ragsdale

Camden County sheriff’s deputies reopened Highway TT after it was closed for multiple slide-offs.

Photo of a MODOT traffic came feed of traffic near the connector in Columbia around 8 p.m.

Traffic backed up on eastbound I-70 after crash

January 19, 2020 8:15 PM Barry Mangold

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Traffic began moving after authorities reopened I-70 eastbound. The Columbia Fire Department said in a tweet at 8:18 p.m. that the right lane of 70 was open, and that the passing lane was closed from the connector to the Lake of the Woods exit. TRAFFIC ACCIDENT UPDATE: Eastbound lane of I-70

Boulder hits Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner train

January 17, 2020 11:45 PM Molly Stawinoga

A boulder delayed travel for passengers headed from St. Louis to Kansas City Friday.

Public works: Road conditions to improve into weekend

January 17, 2020 3:55 PM Sydney Olsen

Boone County Road and Bridge said road conditions should improve by Saturday.

MoDOT cautions against travel on I-70 and north

January 17, 2020 6:19 AM Zachary Farwell

The Missouri Department of Transportation said road conditions are worsening, contributing to slide-offs.

No one hurt after grain truck crashes into train in Mexico

January 17, 2020 8:41 AM Zachary Farwell

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt after a grain truck hit a train in Mexico on Thursday morning. The collision happened around 9:05 a.m. in the 2000 block of W. Boulevard St. According to the Mexico Public Safety Department, Garp P. Riedel, 75, of Centralia, hit the train when he tried to drive around

Columbia Public Schools, Jefferson City Schools to close Friday because of winter storm

January 16, 2020 11:47 AM Matthew Sanders

Crews were busy pretreating roads Thursday afternoon ahead of Friday’s winter storm and the University of Missouri said its offices would be closed.

Deputies close northbound lanes of Rangeline Street for a two-vehicle crash

January 16, 2020 8:12 PM Matt Ragsdale

oone County deputies, Columbia Fire firefighters, as well as ambulances from Boone County and MU Hospital responded to the scene around 7:30 p.m.

Mexico woman killed in Callaway County crash

January 14, 2020 2:23 PM Matthew Sanders

One person is dead after a passenger vehicle rear-ended a dump truck on Highway 54 in Callaway County.

Road crews fixing Columbia potholes after winter storm

January 14, 2020 6:02 PM Amber Tabeling

Columbia Public Works and Missouri Department of Transportation crews were out on the roads Tuesday fixing potholes caused by winter weather and snow.