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WINTER STORM UPDATES: Roads show continued improvement as snow tapers off KMIZ WATCH a 4 p.m. update on the forecast and weather conditions below. Conditions on state highways around Mid-Missouri continued to improve late Friday afternoon as snow started to exit the area. Some snow showers were still falling around Mid-Missouri but were expected to stop by evening for most areas. The Missouri Department of Transportation's traveler information map showed highways were mostly clear or clear through most of Mid-Missouri. ❄️4 P.M. Road Conditions Update❄️ Most state roadways in the Centr...

On November 11, 1919, tensions came to a head between members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)—known as the Wobblies—and members of the American Legion in Centralia, Washington, at the first Armistice Day parade after World War I. The conflict between the two groups was deep-seated. The American Legion had been chartered as a patriotic veteran’s organization just after the war. Meanwhile, the IWW had opposed U.S. participation; it was the only American labor organization to do so. A fatal confrontation between the two parties began when, as documented in the IWW’s The Cent...

Jefferson City Public Works says old equipment could lead to slower road treatment during winter JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As winter weather makes its way into Mid-Missouri, road crews are prepping across the area. But for Jefferson City Public Works, old equipment could cause some issues. Operation Division Director for Jefferson City Public Works Britt Smith said about ten of their snowplows, which are used year-round for other projects, are past their life expectancy. "We are just doing what we can with the equipment we have," Smith said. "We have great mechanics and some great operators ...

>> yeah. well, i can tell you right now, you have a whole country that's here with you guys to rebuild when you can get back in there and for the poor kids. thank you so much, mr. smith. i appreciate your time, and let us know whatever we can do to help and whatever you need in terms of getting the word out to the community and to the country. i appreciate your time. >> i appreciate it. our kids need to know that our current situation is not our permanent one. we'll be better. i appreciate the support. >> very important perspective. thank you so much. we have much more to come. hopefully getti...

They have the second floor of some of the apartments are just gone. roofs are gone. so it's a tough situation. >> mr. smith, it must be so hard, so hard to see this. >> well, it is. because you want to reach out, you want to help. and we spent -- i spent this morning just reaching out to people. just trying to make contact, see where people are, what they need. we have a great, great staff there at jinx middle school, and they live in the community where we serve kids. they have been going door to door, checking on kids, checking on families. we have been lining up social work support to come ...