Gov. Mike Parson went to the Northwestern School District in Mendon on Thursday to thank the residents for assisting in recovery efforts an Amtrak train derailed there four months ago.
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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating how a California, Missouri, man died while working on a northwest Missouri bridge construction project.
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CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Michael Parson plans to visit Chariton County Thursday following the deadly Amtrak derailment in June. The governor is scheduled to visit Mendon High School from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. to thank the community and emergency crews for responding to the derailment. On June 27 at 12:42 p.m., an Amtrak train
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Regional Airport’s newest terminal celebrated its first full day of flights Wednesday. The $23 million section officially opened last week, but the very first flight into the terminal arrived this morning. The plane was greeted with a water cannon salute after its landing. Passengers of the morning flight were also celebrated by crews as
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LINN, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman and two girls were hurt in an Osage County crash Tuesday afternoon on Highway 50 near Highway 801. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Theresa Heavin was driving a 15-year-old girl in her 2018 Cheverolet Malibu. The Highway Patrol said Heavin, 47, pulled into the path of a 2013 Toyota
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is inviting residents to share their concerns and learn more about proposed improvements along Highway 54 in Camdenton. The project consists of widening Highway 54 to five lanes; two eastbound lanes, two westbound lanes, and a center turn lane from Business 5 to Bumper Hill Road. The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ozark man has been charged with several felonies after a Saturday night crash in Jefferson City that left one dead. Robert Harris, 58, is charged with: Second-degree involuntary manslaughter;Driving while intoxicated – causing the death of another;Driving while intoxicated – casuing serious personal injury;Second-degree assault;Armed criminal action. The crash occurred
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters contained another fire early Monday morning near the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River. An ABC 17 News crew saw the small fire from the bridge in Cooper County around 4:15 a.m. There were no reports of injuries, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District. Over the weekend,
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Howard County, Mo. (KMIZ) A Marshall man was seriously hurt following a motorcycle crash in Howard County. The crash happened on Highway 87 north of Boonville early Saturday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says, 40-year-old Jeffery Pond was driving his motorcycle northbound on Highway 87 when it traveled off the left side of the
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Students at a Jefferson City high school got a lesson in paying attention and being buckled up while driving Friday.
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation maintenance crews will repair a joint on the westbound Interstate 70 bridge over Auxvasse Creek from 8 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday. One westbound lane will be closed. Message boards will be placed to warn drivers of the closure. Traffic delays are possible in the work zone. The
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A two-vehicle crash in Pulaski County early Friday morning left a Lake Ozark woman with serious injuries. The crash happened on Route A near Carol Court around 1:25 a.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said an SUV driven by 44-year-old Daron E. Brashear, of Fort Leonard Wood, pulled
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT plans to prepare staff and drivers Thursday with a statewide winter weather drill. The exercise comes amid a shortage of plow drivers, according to the department. MoDOT officials say the winter weather drill is expected to help with training drivers. “With years of high turnover, we are nearly 30% below
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Green Ridge man was hurt Wednesday afternoon after a rollover crash in Pettis County. The crash happened on Easter Road near Hope Dale Road around 5:30 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said 31-year-old Brian E. Rayl was thrown from a pickup truck after the vehicle left
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Local and state officials cut the ribbon on the new Columbia Regional Airport terminal.
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Watch the ceremony live in the player. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City and state leaders celebrated the new $23 million terminal at Columbia Regional Airport (COU) on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Gov. Mike Parson and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe spoke at the event about the potentials the new terminal brings. City and state leaders broke
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold its annual statewide winter operations drill on Thursday. MoDOT vehicles will be on on state routes and highways during the drill. In rural areas, crews will deploy after 8 a.m. In urban areas, the drill will not begin until after 9 a.m. The exercise
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old woman is recovering from serious injuries after her pickup truck traveled off the side of the road and overturned yesterday at afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Nancy Spicer was traveling in the eastbound lane of Laramie Rd. when the crash occurred. Highway Patrol says she
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A man suffered serious injuries after he crashed his truck Monday morning in Audrain County on Highway 54 west of Route HH Bobby Norris, 46, was driven to University Hospital by ambulance after his 1999 Dodge Dakota ran off the left side of the road, hit an embankment and MoDOT sign, and
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Amtrak and BNSF are asking judges to move at least three cases over a deadly summer train crash because too few people live in Chariton County.
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