COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hourly parking will begin again at the Eighth and Walnut parking garage in downtown Columbia on Monday, according to a Friday press release from the city. The parking garage closed in May for a summer maintenance project, which included “cable repairs, concrete repairs, and sealant and expansion joint replacement work throughout the garage,” the release says.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old Pilot Grove woman suffered serious injuries in a Cooper County crash Thursday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the woman was driving a 2011 Toyota Camry southbound on Route JJ, south of Lee Road at 11:50 a.m., when she drove through water in the road. The woman began to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department confirmed in a Thursday social media post that Tuesday’s fire at the new McDonald’s on Providence Road in Columbia was caused by “improperly discarded smoking materials.” The fire at 200 South Providence Road led to two firefighters needing to be treated for heat-related illness. Providence Road was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two 13-year-old girls were seriously injured in a UTV crash on Wednesday afternoon on Warren School Road in Miller County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the two girls were in a 2013 Polaris Ranger that was heading southbound when it went off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people suffered serious injuries in a Chariton County crash Tuesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, an 18-year-old Salisbury woman was driving a 2023 Kia Forte eastbound on Highway 24 when she hit the back of a 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 65-year-old Salisbury woman at 5:17
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 4-year-old Laddonia boy was seriously hurt in a crash in Montgomery County just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred at W. Hudson St. and N. Madison St. and involved two vehicles. The report states a 23-year-old Wellsville man was driving a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 36-year-old Macks Creek man was seriously hurt in a crash in Camden County just before 10 p.m. Tuesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer near 546 Doc Ridgeway Dr. when he went off the right side of the road and
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Editor’s note: How a 2020 Freightliner truck and a 2010 Harley Davison Street Glide were involved in a fatal crash has been corrected MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people have died in two separate crashes in the same area of Interstate 70 on Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed. The first crash occurred at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parking rates in Jefferson City will change during the course of four years after the Jefferson City Council approved changes during its meeting on Monday night. The council approved the measure with a 7-2 vote. Among several of the changes made was adding Juneteenth as a day for holiday parking exemptions. Parking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mill and overlay pavement maintenance through Columbia began Monday and is expected to be completed by Friday, Aug. 14, according to a Monday press release from the city. Crews will mill away the top layer of asphalt and pave a new surface to improve the roadways, the release says. It will occur
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) A 58-year-old Osage Beach man was seriously injured Sunday in a Camden County motorcycle crash. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at around 5:10 p.m., the man was on a 2013 Triumph Rocket 3 heading east on U.S. Route 54 at J.R. Hunt Dr. when he lost control of the motorcycle.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old Hermann man was seriously injured Sunday in Gasconade County during a moped accident. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at around 3 p.m., the man was driving a 2023 Honda Metropolitan Moped east on Black Forest Drive, just west of Missouri State Highway 100. The moped then lost control
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 69-year-old Edwards man was seriously injured in Camden County Sunday afternoon in a UTV crash. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, at around 1 p.m., the man was driving a John Deere 855D south on Paradise Acres Road, just south of Brown Bend Road. He then drove off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eastbound traffic near the 3000 block of Chapel Hill Road, just east of Chapel Ridge Road, was stalled after a car crash in southwest Columbia Sunday evening. An ABC 17 News reporter on scene at around 7:20 p.m. saw a Grey Nissan Kicks turned west in the eastbound lane of Chapel Hill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 42-year-old Centralia man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Boone County Saturday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at around 3:50 p.m. The man was driving a 2008 Harley-Davidson Dyna Street Bob northbound on Route U just south of Ricketts Road when a 55-year-old Hallsville
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Improvements to Columbia’s public transit system could soon move forward after city leaders approved an amendment that allows for additional federal funding for two major GoCOMO projects. The Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization approved an amendment to its Transportation Improvement Program, allowing GoCOMO to access additional Federal Transit Administration funding for projects
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lane closures are scheduled to occur next week on North Providence Road as city brews work to repair damaged concrete, a Thursday press release from the city says. Work will occur near the intersection with Armadillo Drive. It is scheduled to begin 7 a.m. Monday and wrap up by 4 p.m. Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Deaths by drowning are up 80% compared to last year, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP wrote that from Jan. 1-July 30, it has responded to 27 drownings, marking an 80% increase from the same period in 2025. There have also been 30 total water
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash in the driving lane of Highway 63 in Columbia led to a lane closure on Thursday afternoon. A crash was reported in the southbound lanes of the highway near Discovery Parkway. Boone County Joint Communications shared a notification at 2:44 p.m. stating the driving lane was closed. The Columbia Fire
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was seriously injured in a crash on Wednesday afternoon on Highway 24 about three miles east of Moberly, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 35-year-old woman from Madison, Missouri, tried to avoid a tractor while heading eastbound. Her 2013 Chevrolet Impala
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