BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A garage of a home caught fire on Wednesday in the 7500 block of South Hill Creek Road in Boone County, just south of Columbia. Dispatch logs show the Boone County Fire Protection District was called at 4:36 p.m. An ABC 17 News photographer saw six firetrucks and 10 response vehicles
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Winter weather early Saturday morning prompted a closure of Champions Drive at Providence Road shortly after 10 a.m. The closure impacts one of the road’s two entry points ahead of a home game at Mizzou Arena between the Mizzou Tigers and Oklahoma Sooners. The game tips off at 1 p.m. Snowfall has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders had South Providence Road shut down on Thursday night after a vehicle caught fire. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 9:31 p.m. indicating a vehicle caught fire near the busy intersection. First responders were seen hosing down a vehicle at 10 p.m. in the southbound lane. BCJC sent
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is working to improve a Boone County intersection after more than 11 crashes over the past five years. The agency said in a release that a meeting is scheduled from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Sturgeon City Hall. MoDOT stated that it plans to remove
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was killed in a rollover crash Friday morning that closed a highway northeast of Columbia. Boone County fire crews responded to a call about a truck that rolled over on Route HH, according to assistant chief Gale Blomenkamp. Blomenkamp said at the scene that one person in the truck was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traffic crash in Columbia caused traffic to back up on Wednesday night on Interstate 70. A crash occurred before 8:40 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-70. Boone County Joint Communications shared a notification at 8:42 p.m. saying a crash occurred near the exit at Range Line Street at mile-marker 127.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash Sunday night has led to closed lanes on Interstate 70 east of Columbia. The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed the eastbound and westbound passing lanes at mile marker 134, according to a news release. Repairs are expected to wrap up by Monday evening, MoDOT says. The crash Sunday night
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were injured in a crash that led to traffic becoming blocked Tuesday afternoon on eastbound Interstate 70 outside of Columbia. The MoDOT Traveler’s Map lists eastbound I-70 near the Midway exit as closed due to a crash. Assistant Boone County Fire Protection District chief Gale Blomenkamp tells ABC 17 News
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A car overturned on Interstate 70, causing part of the highway to be shut down in Callaway County. The crash occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at mile marker 140 west of Kingdom City, and backed up traffic to mile-marker 141 on westbound I-70. Troopers reported injuries in the single-car crash, but
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As the Labor Day weekend approaches, drivers will still have to adapt to work zones along the highways. One work zone that has become a hotspot for several traffic crashes in recent months is the U.S. Highway 54 bridge rehabilitation project. The road in certain areas, both westbound and eastbound, is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new crossing arm will be installed in Moberly as part of a project to make crossing safer. Norfolk Southern Railroad will be adding a cross arm to Coates St. westbound lane to keep drivers from stopping between the two sets of tracks. This means Moulton St. traffic will now be one-way
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Starting in September, contractors will start the second phase of work on a new roundabout on Route K. Starting Sept. 8, West Route K will be closed east of the Break Time gas station driveway and east of Vermillion Drive. Access to the gas station will be available only from West Old
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of South Sixth Street in Columbia is closed due to a chilled water line break. Columbia Public Works said in a release that South Sixth Street is closed to traffic between Elm Street and East Stewart Road. The area is expected to be closed between two and seven days while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Starting in early September, Highway 50 over Vetter Lane in Jefferson City will be narrowed a crews work on the bridge for several months. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, starting Sept. 8, construction crews will start to narrow Highway 50 over Vetter Lane to one lane in each direction. Traffic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Expect to see more changes on U.S. 63 in Columbia on Wednesday, as the Missouri Department of Transportation continues bridge work as part of the Improve I-70 project. Traffic will be shifting from the southbound lanes to the northbound lanes between the Broadway exit and the Vandiver Dr. exit. With this shift,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old West Virginia man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred as a 2018 Freightliner Cascadia was heading westbound “at a slow rate of speed” in the
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A road just outside of Centralia was shut down on Friday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into a telephone pole. Boone County first responders shut down both directions of North Jay Jay in the 19990 block at 2:58 p.m. Three people were injured – two seriously – in the crash, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department said it is increasing speed enforcement along Scott Boulevard in southwest Columbia in an effort to bring speeds down after catching drivers going nearly 100 miles per hour. A CPD spokesperson confirmed in an email that the traffic unit will be increasing enforcement on the road. In a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Phase two of Highway 54 improvements are underway, as part of The Missouri Department of Transportation’s Bridge Bundle for Jefferson City. The traffic shift was moved to Wednesday after storms rolled through the area on Tuesday. The Bridge Bundle aims to address driving surface issues on bridges in Jefferson City, including deck repairs
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Summertime is here, and that always means more road work. This year, a couple of big projects are causing travel headaches in Mid-Missouri. One is the work to improve Highway 54 in Jefferson City, and the other is the project to expand Interstate 70 to three lanes throughout the region. These projects affected thousands of people on
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