COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A temporary power outage is planned for Monday at the Eighth and Walnut Parking Garage in Downtown Columbia. A Friday press release from the city says a contractor will replace the transformer at the garage to give the garage electrical upgrades. The release says the upgrades are part of the elevator maintenance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A northeast Columbia road was closed on Thursday afternoon because of a gas leak in the area. Columbia firefighters had closed off Hanover Boulevard from Hidden Creek Court to Charleston Circle because of the leak. Firefighters said that contractors hit a gas line while installing a fiber optic line. No injuries were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ed Hassinger has been named the new director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, a Wednesday press release says. He replaces Patrick McKenna, who announced in August that he would be stepping down from the position in September after nine years. Hassiner holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering
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TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tuscumbia woman was seriously injured in a UTV crash on Monday at a residence in the 200 block of Crow Road in Tuscumbia, a Missouri State Highway Patrol report says. The report says a 36-year-old Tuscumbia man drove a 2016 Polaris Ranger into a field, hit a rut and the vehicle
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were seriously injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Phelps County Saturday afternoon. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 1:20 p.m. Saturday at Mile marker 173 in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44. The report states a 2011 Nissan Ultima driven
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is rolling out a new safety campaign to try and curb the number of fights on public buses. On Thursday, city staff began putting up posters for a new “Ride With Respect” campaign. Each poster outlines guidelines for passengers with expectations for language, personal items and pet carriers.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were injured – one seriously – in a single-vehicle crash Thursday on Interstate 70 in Cooper County at mile marker 102, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. According to the report, the crash occurred as a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia was heading eastbound and changed lanes near a work
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man suffered serious injuries when his moped hit a vehicle on West Broadway. Police say the 60-year-old man, who was not named in a news release, was heading westbound when he changed lanes and hit a vehicle driven by a 26-year-old woman from Columbia. The collision threw the man from
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle at a parking garage in Downtown Jefferson City on Wednesday morning, a crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department says. The report says that police responded to the crash at 201 Madison Street. The driver of a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder made a left
Continue ReadingPULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Both directions of I-44 in Pulaski County are closed due to flooding, according to MoDOT. The closure is between St. Robert and Rolla and is expected to last several hours. MoDOT says to avoid the closure, eastbound drivers on I-44 should exit at U.S. route 65 in Springfield to use U.S.
Continue Reading CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 53-year-old Kaiser woman was seriously injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Route TT, just north of Putt N Bay Drive, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says that the crash occurred when a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer – driven by the woman – was heading south
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An exit ramp from Interstate 70 in Columbia to Business Loop 70 will permanently close on Tuesday, Nov. 12, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says crews will restrict access to westbound Exit 128 that night. Crews will use the closed ramp for excavation
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was killed in a crash at around 2:40 a.m. Saturday in Moniteau County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that an 18-year-old man from Jefferson City was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Lumina on Route T with a 16-year-old boy from Freeburg
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol will no longer publish the names of those involved in its preliminary online traffic crash and boat/drowning reports, a Friday press release says. The release says MSHP was “recently notified of scam incidents across the state” that targets crash victims or people who know someone involved in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will receive a $1 million grant from the US Department of Transportation in order to bring back flights to-and-from Denver at Columbia Regional Airport. The city is receiving the grant through the Small Community Air Service Development Program. Flights to Denver from Columbia ended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Vienna, Missouri, woman was flown to University Hospital on Thursday after her car went off the road and hit a rock bluff. Nicole Constable, 38, was on Highway 63 a few miles north of Vichy in Maries County when she went of the road on a curve, overcorrected and went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s public bus system Go COMO will begin using the SPOT application, according to a press release from the City of Columbia. The application is a product of ETA Transit and is now available for users to track buses in real time, view bus schools and receive alerts, the release says. Go
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The top floors of the Fifth and Walnut Parking Garage and Short Street Parking Garage will be closed for the winter season, beginning next week, according to a Thursday press release from the City of Columbia. The release says both parking garages will close at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4 and will
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Street repairs on two Jefferson City streets will require “intermittent lane changes,” according to a Thursday press release from the Jefferson City Department of Public Works. Road repairs will begin on Monday in the eastbound lanes of the 300 block of East McCarty Street and the southbound lanes of the 300
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Changes to some Ashland roads will occur on Friday, according to two Wednesday press releases from the city. The 100-200 blocks of Burnam Avenue and the 100 block of South College Street will become one-way streets, the release says. South College Street will have southbound traffic and Burnam Avenue will take westbound
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