COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department announced road closures in a Monday press release for Friday’s annual Independence Day celebration in downtown Jefferson City. Road closures will start at 6 a.m. Friday and are expected to reopen by 2 a.m. Saturday. The event begins at 2 p.m. in the 200 block of Broadway,
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) A St. Louis woman was seriously injured Saturday at the Lake of the Ozarks after being thrown from a tube. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the incident happened near the 45 mile marker just before 6 p.m. A 2001 Lowe Pontoon was towing a tube that the 30-year-old woman
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Traffic is backed up on portions of Interstate 70 in Callaway County Sunday morning as state troopers respond to multiple crashes and assist stranded drivers, according to a post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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State troopers are investigating a deadly multi-vehicle crash Sunday morning on Highway 54 in Camden County, according to a post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old man suffered moderate injuries after a boat exploded and sank at the Lake of the Ozarks on Friday. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report indicates a 1986 Wellcraft Cabin Cruiser exploded after the driver – a 70-year-old St. Joseph man – started the motor. The 35-year-old man from St. Joseph
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Business Loop 70 in Columbia will experience a traffic shift on July 3, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Release says crews working on the Improve I-70 Project will divert westbound traffic – near Eastland Circle and Hinkson Creek – to the center lane.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Monroe County woman was taken to University Hospital with serious injuries after a crash that closed a lane of a Boone County highway Friday. The 39-year-old woman was riding in an SUV when a compact car tried to make a U-turn on Highway 763 near Prathersville Road. The SUV hit the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sidewalk closure that is expected to last through the end of August will begin next week in Columbia. Crews on Monday will begin sidewalk repairs on the south side of the 1300 block of Bass Avenue, near the corner at College Avenue, according to a Wednesday press release from the city.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Public Works Department has completed repairs on a road buckle. Crews worked to pave over the damaged area of North Providence Road near near Big Bear Boulevard. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday,, the road was back open and safe for drivers. The extreme heat causes road materials to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders on Tuesday were in a neighborhood just north of Interstate 70 in Columbia. A car crashed into a building on Heriford Road. Responders on the scene told an ABC 17 News photographer that one person was brought to an area hospital with minor injuries. Traffic was directed back to Paris
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville firefighter suffered minor injuries after a firetruck crashed Monday morning on Interstate 44, according to a social media post from the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District. The truck blew out a tire near mile maker 156, causing the truck to go into an embankment, hit a sign and stop on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 63-year-old Gravois Mills woman was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on Tuesday morning on Highway 5 in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the woman was driving a 2009 Yamaha XVS650 southbound on Highway 5 when she lost control of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Providence Road in Columbia near Big Bear Boulevard will close on Tuesday as crews fix a portion of the road that “buckled” on Monday. Crews began working to repair the buckle on Monday morning, according to a social media post from Columbia Public Works. The closure will begin at
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Dixon man was seriously injured when the vehicle he was driving flipped over in Phelps County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred on Saturday just after 8 p.m. on Highway M, about 6 miles west of Edgar Springs. The 34-year-old man was driving a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old boy from Sedalia was killed when the jet ski he was riding on crashed Saturday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report, the boy was riding the jet ski around 2:45 p.m. near Clevenger Cove in Taney County, when the vehicle collided with another jet ski head-on.
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A 70-year-old Camdenton man died Saturday after a car crash in Camden County, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Beginning Monday, June 23, a contractor is scheduled to start treating the first of 39 residential streets, according to a Friday press release from the City of Columbia. Work begins at 7 a.m. Monday and will continue on weekdays through July until all street have been treated with Reclamite, an asphalt rejuvenating
Continue Reading EDITOR’S NOTE: Reference to a seat belt has been changed for clarity. AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old Mexico, Missouri, man was seriously hurt after crashing a lawnmower around 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Audrain County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the man was on a Craftsman
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) North Callaway Fire Protection District tells ABC 17 News that accessibility and clean up continue to be an issue for them when responding to accidents near construction zones on Interstate 70. “What we usually end up having to do is kind of park and walk. We’re doing a lot of climbing over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is simplifying the time limits on on-street parking meters downtown by making operational changes. Starting the week after July 4, the city will reduce the number of time-limit options from six to four. The goal is to simplify payment, reduce confusion and increase parking turnover. Currently, drivers choose
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