COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The driver of a tractor-trailer that crashed on Interstate 70 in Cooper County on Wednesday evening is in critical condition. An MU Health Care spokesperson confirmed Christopher Wanager’s condition in an email on Friday. Wanager had to be pulled from a 2005 Freightliner Columbia after crashing it at mile marker 112, Lt.
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Another summer holiday weekend is here.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An additional lane on eastbound Highway 54 is now open in Jefferson City. Motorists began using the new lane just north of the of Missouri River on Thursday, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The base of the lane was constructed earlier this year in the
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the cause of a deadly crash on Interstate 70 in July was due to distracted driving.
Continue Reading BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol says an Odessa man was seriously injured Wednesday evening after a crash on Interstate 70 in Cooper County. Christopher Wanager, 62, was driving a 2005 Freightliner Columbia westbound when it went off the left side of the road and hit the median cable barrier. The tractor-trailer then
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Repairs to a section of West Broadway in Columbia will require lane closures on Thursday, according to a Wednesday press release from Columbia Public Works. Crews will conduct repairs between Clinkscales Road and Maplewood Drive between 7 a.m.-noon Thursday. Work is expected to be completed at noon. At least one lane of
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Columbia Public Works is set to close both the driving lanes and the sidewalk on the East Boulevard Bridge starting Sept. 23 for repairs.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Columbia bus riders say a transit study could be key to decreasing long wait times. On Tuesday, Columbia Public Works held its final open house for the Go COMO transit study at Wabash Bus Station. The city has held multiple open houses since the study began in August 2023, aimed at
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported Tuesday in a rollover crash in Miller County involving a semi-truck. The crash occurred at 3:14 p.m. on Highway 17 between Route K and the county line of Miller and Pulaski counties, according to social media posts from the Iberia Rural Fire Protection District and Miller County
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VANDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 73-year-old Wright City woman was seriously injured Tuesday in an Audrain County crash, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says Lavonne Sarver crashed a 2006 Honda Pilot while heading westbound on Route V near County Road 585. The Honda went off the roadway and hit a
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chesterfield man who was seriously injured in a Sunday evening crash was also arrested, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports. According to an MSHP crash report, Alexander Volkomirsky, 41, crashed a 2012 Subaru Forester on Sunday evening in the eastbound lane of Interstate 70 at mile marker 171 in
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Crews will construct a new sidewalk on the south side of Grindstone Parkway between Hyde Park Avenue and Norefleet Drive.
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The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission wants feedback from the public as it begins its search for a new director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT).
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was seriously injured in a crash in Camden County on Saturday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Joshua Walker, 39 of Camdenton was riding his motorcycle on Sunny Slope Drive approximately 439 feet North of Blair Drive at 5:50 p.m. The crash occurred
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lane closures will be required on Scott Boulevard and West Broadway in west Columbia as crews begin building a new sidewalk, according to a Thursday press release from the City of Columbia Public Works. Work begins at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 and is expected to be completed by “early winter,” the
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RENICK, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people had minor-to-moderate injuries in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday on Highway 63 in Randolph County, about a mile east of Renick, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says a 2015 Chrysler 200 – driven by Sarah Dowling, 20, of Moberly – was facing westbound on Business
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Providence Road in Columbia was closed at the intersection with Worley Street on Wednesday evening after a crash with multiple vehicles occurred. A notification from Boone County Joint Communications at 9:42 p.m. stated the intersection was closed. The intersection reopened at 10:30 p.m. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a car stopped
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash caused a section of South Providence Road in Columbia to be closed on Wednesday evening. South Providence was shut down between Green Meadows Road and Carter Lane, according to a Boone County Joint Communications message sent at 7:32 p.m. The road fully reopened at 8:07: p.m. An ABC 17 News
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of the northbound lane of Scott Boulevard in southwest Columbia was shut down on Tuesday evening after a crash. Boone County Joint Communications issued an alert at 9:06 p.m. that a motor vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of Scott Boulevard and West Bethany Drive. First responders reopened the intersection
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Utility work in Downtown Jefferson City will require lane closures at the intersection of Monroe Street and East McCarty Street, a Monday release from the Jefferson City Department of Public Works says. Work will begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday and will occur until 4 p.m. each day through Friday, the release
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