Transportation Archives

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.

Missouri State Highway Patrol crash unit

Iberia man killed in Miller County collision with dump truck

January 14, 2020 12:11 PM Matthew Sanders

An Iberia man died Tuesday when he turned in front of a dump truck.

Man arrested on suspicion of DWI after allegedly hitting Boone County cruiser

January 14, 2020 5:15 AM Brittany Wiley

No one is seriously hurt after a Boone County sheriff’s deputy-involved crash.

A Boone County Road and Bridge Plow drivers down the road.

Winter weather costs increase for Columbia and Boone County

January 13, 2020 5:43 PM Sydney Olsen

The winter weather events that dropped snow and ice on Columbia in 2019 increased costs for both the City of Columbia and Boone County.

City of Columbia says report potholes to get them fixed

January 13, 2020 3:43 PM Amber Tabeling

The Columbia Public Works strongly advises the public to call and log complaints about any potholes when they appear.

School bus runs off road during Monday commute

January 13, 2020 8:48 AM Madison Fleck

A Columbia Public Schools bus ran off the side of the road Monday morning during its commute.

Crews continue to treat roads, refreeze expected

January 11, 2020 7:37 AM Matthew Sanders

The Missouri Department of Transportation is warning drivers of flooding and ice-covered roads in parts of central Missouri as a winter storm system continues to move through the area.

Family could get $1.25 million in wrongful death settlement

January 11, 2020 4:40 PM Madison Fleck

Charles Waddill and Access Percussion, LLC could pay $1.25 million in a wrongful death settlement filed by Timothy Wilson’s children.

Weather contributes to Cole County serious injury crash

January 11, 2020 9:50 AM Matthew Sanders

A Miller County teen was hurt Friday when his truck hydroplaned and hit a tree near the Osage River in Cole County.

Britt Smith, Jefferson City Public Works

Jefferson City plow crews prepare for incoming snow

January 10, 2020 7:59 PM Zach Boetto

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s Public Works department is equipped with 24 plow trucks “ready to go” for the forecasted snow. Britt Smith, the Jefferson City Public Works operations division director said when temperatures near that freezing mark, he will have a crew of supervisors out monitoring the roads determining when to bring in