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.
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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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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man was seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Highway 65, north of Mount Olive in Saline County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says a 2019 International tractor-trailer – driven by Gerardo Velasquez Valladares, 29 – was heading northbound when it went off the
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 63 in Macon County on Tuesday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 7:24 p.m. when a 2020 GMC Yukon driven by Sandra Williams, 55, was backing out of a private driveway. Then, a 2012 Chrysler
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Water main repairs on West Broadway in Columbia will require lane restrictions on Wednesday, according to a press release from the City of Columbia Utilities. Crews will replace water main valves at the intersections with Aldeah and Glenwood avenues, the release says. The westbound lane of Broadway will be restricted and flaggers
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who crashed his car in Camden County over the weekend is accused of driving while drunk, according to a pair of reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to a crash report, Jermaine Jackson, 25, of Springfield, Missouri, was seriously injured in a crash on Sunday on Highway
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ulman man was injured in a single-vehicle crash in Miller County Friday night. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Caleb Robinett, 26, of Ulman, was driving on Route C near Jackson Cemetery Rd. at 9:35 p.m. The crash occurred when the vehicle crossed the center of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A public information meeting has been announced for a bridge replacement project on Highway 22 in Audrain and Boone counties, according to a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says a bridge over a railroad that’s just west of Highway 151 will be replaced in 2027. Most
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman was seriously injured in a crash in Morgan County on Thursday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. According to a crash report, a 2001 Ford Ranger – driven by Zachary Johnson, 33, of Lebanon, Missouri – was heading northbound on Highway 135 near Westwood Drive when it
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