COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 78-year-old man was killed in single-vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 44 near the 158-mile marker in Pulaski County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says that a 2016 Ram 1500 – driven by a 36-year-old man from Lebanon, Missouri – was heading westbound when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of a sidewalk on Ninth Street in Downtown Columbia will be closed early Friday. South Ninth Street will be closed between East Broadway and Cherry Street from 4-10 a.m. Friday, a press release from the City of Columbia says. Pedestrian barricades will be installed at both ends of the closure
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The inauguration for Governor-elect Mike Kehoe will cause some street closures leading to the Capital in Jefferson City Monday. Street closures include: Monroe street to Capital Avenue North Jefferson Street North Broadway to McCarty Street For those who wish to attend the inauguration, most of the public parking will be in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri law enforcement officials are warning drivers to be on the lookout for “snow missiles” or “snow mattresses,” in the midst of winter weather in the state. “What happens is after it snows or the ice storm, it builds up and has a tendency to, to melt a little bit and refreeze,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No fatalities have been reported on Missouri roads, but nearly 300 crashes have occurred during a counting period related to Thursday night’s winter storm, the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote in a Friday evening social media post. Roughly 4 inches of snow fell in Columbia on Thursday night and Friday morning, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tipton man was seriously injured in a crash on Thursday in Moniteau County after ice flew off another vehicle. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says that the crash occurred in the northbound lane of Highway 5 near Route NN. A large piece of ice fell off an unknown vehicle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Solid Waste postponed trash and recycling pickup Friday because of the weather. Solid Waste customers can leave their carts at the curb and the city will pick them up Saturday, the City of Columbia says in a Facebook post. Monday trash customers can also leave their carts out for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach Police Department patrol vehicle was totaled after a crash on the Grand Glaize Bridge Friday morning. According to a release from the city, the officer was not in his car as he was helping a semi-truck driver from a separate crash when the second truck crashed into the patrol
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A North Carolina man suffered serious injuries in a crash early Thursday on Interstate 70 in Callaway County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the 25-year-old man was driving eastbound at the 139.2-mile marker at about 1:45 a.m. His 2015 Honda Accord went off the right side of the road, rolled and
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Miller Deadly Pedestrian CrashDownload COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Miller County deputy told investigators that she could not see a man standing in the middle of a highway before a deadly November collision, according to an official report. The name of the 26-year-old deputy — 25 at the time of the crash — is redacted in
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The winter storm that hit Mid-Missouri over the weekend didn’t make the worst-case scenario but still dumped enough snow and shut down schools and some businesses. And temperatures well below freezing mean it’s taking longer for that frozen precipitation to come off the roads. Residential streets throughout Mid-Missouri remain covered even as MoDOT makes headway
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Joshua Jenkins got behind the wheel of his snowplow just before 7 a.m. Monday. Ten hours later, he was still busy cleaning up the aftermath of this weekend’s winter storm that swept through Mid-Missouri. Jenkins is one of hundreds of snowplow operators across the state who were busy clearing snow out of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A City of Columbia snow plow crew of 16 members clocked in at 7 p.m. Monday to continue working to plow neighborhood roads during the overnight hours, the city said in a release. Plows moved into the neighborhoods during the day on Monday after getting priority roads to near-normal conditions, according to
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A winter storm like the one that hit Mid-Missouri Saturday through Monday can leave plows with a sizable amount of snow to clear.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation’s map showing road conditions indicated roads around Mid-Missouri remained covered late Monday morning. The agency’s traveler information map had state highways in Mid-Missouri colored purple just before 10:30 a.m., meaning they remained covered in snow and ice for the most part. However, state troopers covering Mid-Missouri said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communication sent out multiple road closure alerts Sunday due to the winter weather, urging drivers to either stay home or choose an alternate route. Roads across Mid-Missouri were covered in snow and ice by Sunday morning. The Missouri Department of Transportation’s traveler information map showed covered roads throughout the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Public safety offices across the Show Me State warned residents to stay off the roads Saturday. “If the precipitation hasn’t started in your area, it’s coming, and conditions will change quickly,” the Missouri Department of Transportation said in a social media post. The department’s traveler information map showed snow and ice covered
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As a large winter system heads towards the Show-Me State, the City of Columbia’s Public Works Department is prepping snowplows, monitoring local, state and regional forecasts and preparing a response plan. At noon on Saturday, a crew of 28 City of Columbia Public Works snowplow operators began pre-treating roads. A second crew
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With inclement weather looming, Mid-Missourians are bracing for hazardous driving conditions. MU Health Care emergency physician Dr. Christopher Sampson says that many of the severe injuries they treat during snow storms are due to car accidents. “During the storm or the initial hours of the storm, if there’s not a reason to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Public Works tells ABC 17 News it’s confident about the plan it has in place for the upcoming snowstorm rolling into Missouri this weekend. Materials, manpower and snow plows are in no shortage according to Britt Smith, Operations Division Director for Jefferson City’s Public Works Department. However, its the
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