JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The temporary barrier in the eastbound lane of Highway 54 in Jefferson City will be removed on Tuesday night, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. One lane will be closed from 7 p.m.-6 a.m. MoDOT crews will also restripe the roadway to two 12-foot lanes, after
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Road work that was set to begin Wednesday on Wehmeyer Drive at Highway 94 in Jefferson City has been rescheduled to Monday, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Wehmeyer Drive is being realigned with the entrance into Hitachi Energy, according to the press release. The
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday, killing eight, on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, faces eight counts of DUI-Manslaughter, the FHP said in a
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Two people are now recovering after they were hurt in a crash on Interstate 70 in Cooper County on Monday afternoon.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northbound lanes of Range Line Street in Columbia were shut down on Monday evening as first responders worked a crash scene. Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez told ABC 17 News in an email that a crash between a car and motorcycle occurred at 8:55 p.m. in the 3400 block of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A busy intersection in Jefferson City has reopened a crash that left three people injured. Around 11:30 Sunday morning, Jefferson City police responded to a three car crash at the intersection of West Truman and the Highway 50 East off ramps. Kristin Sills, 46, took a left turn in front of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Construction crews will close Wehmeyer Drive at Highway 94 in Jefferson City on Wednesday to realign the entrance into Hitachi Energy, according to a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The road will be closed for five days, according to the release. A left-turn lane is being added
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man died in a Thursday morning crash on Route W in Cole County, south of Deer Haven Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Antonio J. Perez Burgos was pronounced dead at the scene, the report states. He was 27. According to the report,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Part of Cliff Drive in Columbia will remained closed to traffic through Thursday, May 16, because of weather delays, according to a press release from the City of Columbia Utilities. The street closed at the intersection with University Avenue earlier this week as crews began work to replace an inlet, pipe and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a dozen roads in Cole County were closed Wednesday evening because of flooding, according to an email from Cole County Public Works Administrator Teresa Wilson. Storms went through Mid-Missouri on Wednesday after coming through earlier in the week. The 11 roads closed in Cole County included: 9900-10200 blocks of Scrivner
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The Columbia City Council introduced an agreement between the city and the Missouri Department of Transportation to remove the railroad crossing over Business Loop 70 East at Monday night’s meeting.
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Traffic had to be diverted around a busy Jefferson City intersection during the Tuesday morning commute, police say.
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A Sedalia man was seriously injured in a crash Monday on Highway 65 at Grand Avenue in Pettis County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake St. Louis man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County Sunday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened on Westbound I-70 at the 181-mile marker at 10:34 p.m. Troopers say Joshua Jenkins, 21, was driving in the left lane of Westbound I-70 when his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) May is motorcycle safety awareness month and the Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds drivers to be vigilant of motorcyclists on the roads. According to Sgt. Kyle Green with the Highway Patrol, between late spring and the early fall is when most crashes involving motorcycles occur. Green said he recommends people pay extra
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police confirmed Saturday that one person died in a wrong-way crash Friday evening. The wrong-way driver, 84-year-old Allen D. Nichols of Ashland, died at the scene of the crash, Columbia Police confirmed Saturday afternoon. Around 5 p.m. Friday, Boone County Joint Communications was made aware of a car driving the wrong
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries Friday evening after a multi-car crash on Highway 135. The crash happened near Prarie Lick Rd. at 6:15 p.m., according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2014 Chevrolet Traverse, driven by Katelynn Reuter,
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man suffered seriously injured in an ATV crash in Camden County Friday night. James Grant Jr., 43, was illegally driving a 2014 Polaris Sportsman around 7:15 p.m. on Cozy Cove Rd. when he failed to successfully turn left, causing the ATV to go off the side of the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash that left one person injured caused the southbound lanes of Highway 63 in Columbia to close on Friday afternoon near the Interstate 70 connector. Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez said two vehicles were involved in the crash and that one injured person was brought to an area hospital by
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cliff Drive will be closed to through traffic next week as the City of Columbia Stormwater Utility will work to replace an inlet, pipe and a section of the street, according to a Friday press release from City of Columbia Utilities. The closure will be just south of the intersection with University
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