COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Bike and Pedestrian Commission voted to write a letter of opposition to the Columbia City Council on a proposed ordinance that would regulate the use of medians, road crossings and islands. On Wednesday, the Columbia Bike and Pedestrian Commission reviewed the ordinance that had drawn large crowds at a City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The top floors of two downtown Columbia parking garages will close for the winter next week. Beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, the top floors of the Fifth and Walnut Parking Garage and the Short Street Parking Garage will be closed to all traffic and parking, according to a Wednesday press release from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was killed in a crash Tuesday night in at the 150-mile marker of eastbound Interstate 44 in Pulaski County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 2012 Dodge Ram – driven by the 48-year-old Lebanon, Missouri, woman – was stopped in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The driver of a Sunderland Truck involved in a deadly crash on Business Loop 70 in Columbia last month claims he was on the phone at the time of the crash, but used Bluetooth. The Columbia Police Department said Roger Bone, 56, of Jefferson City was killed in the crash on Oct.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced in a Monday press release that Columbia Regional Airport will announce new flights on Tuesday. The announcement comes after Columbia Regional Airport had 14,202 passengers depart from its airport in October, which is a record for the location. Another press release on Monday says there were 28,810
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lane of eastbound Interstate 70 in east Columbia was closed Monday afternoon for emergency repairs. The Missouri Department of Transportation said the driving lane of I-70 East would be closed until about 6 a.m. Tuesday. The release did not say why emergency repairs were needed. A MoDOT representative did not immediately
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 40-year-old Eldon man was badly hurt in a crash in a Tuscumbia Fire District brush truck in Miller County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that the man was driving the truck east on Route A just east of Highway 17 just after 2 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Salisbury man was seriously hurt after a crash in Chariton County just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states the man was driving a 2007 Honda south on Hwy 129, about two miles south of Salisbury, when the car went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 42-year-old Eldon man was seriously hurt after a crash in Miller County around 11 p.m. Sunday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states a 19-year-old Eldon woman was driving a 2011 Ford Explorer with the man as passenger, at a high rate of speed south on
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GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is dead and another seriously injured after a motorcycle crash in Gasconade County Saturday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says the crash occurred on U.S. 50, half a mile east of Cave Hill Road, shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday. A 2007
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RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A seven-year-old boy from Moberly was seriously injured in a crash in Randolph County Friday night. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred on U.S. 63 in Moberly around 5:15 p.m. A 16-year-old Moberly girl was driving a 2000 Ford Ranger when the truck traveled off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 68-year-old Stover man was seriously hurt after he hit a deer while riding his motorcycle in Morgan County late Wednesday morning, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the man was riding a 2004 Harley-Davidson Dyna Superglide on MO 135 near Pine Tree Road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 65-year-old woman from St. Louis was seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Highway 63 in Macon County, about seven miles north of Macon, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 2011 Toyota Sienna – driven by the woman – was disabled in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A woman is recovering after a truck she was in hit a train in Jefferson City on Tuesday. A crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department said a driver hit the Union Pacific train at the tracks on Hughes Street near Industrial Drive just before 3 p.m. The release said
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A section of Business Loop 70 between Hathman Place and Eastland Circle will be closed from Nov. 12-26 as construction on a new roundabout begins. The roundabout is part of the larger Improve I-70 project, with the addition connecting eastbound I-70 traffic to the Business Loop. “We’re going to really attack this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of flights have been affected at Columbia Regional Airport because of the ongoing government shutdown. Two American Airlines flights scheduled to leave from Columbia to Dallas on Monday were canceled, as well as one flight coming into Columbia from Dallas. Another flight from Dallas was delayed by five hours. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two wrongful death lawsuits in a 2022 Amtrak crash have been settled. The crash with a dumptruck killed four people and injured dozens more in June 27, 2022, near Mendon, Missouri. Settlements have been reached in wrongful death lawsuits filed by the families of Rachelle Cook and Kim Holsapple. There are two other lawsuits
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Business Loop 70 in Columbia is scheduled to be closed or two weeks beginning on Wednesday, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Business Loop 70 will be closed between Hathman Place and Eastland Circle from Nov. 12-26, the release says. All businesses along
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with several felonies after he allegedly caused several serious injuries for people in another vehicle after a crash on Oct. 3. D’Angelo Larkin was charged Monday in Boone County with three counts of second-degree assault, one count of leaving the scene of an accident and three counts
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 48-year-old Stoutland man was seriously hurt after a head-on crash in Camden County just before 1 p.m. Sunday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states the man was driving a 2017 Dodge Journey east on Keepsake Rd., a half mile west of Route T, when he
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