Summer Heat Safety from the MO Department of Public Safety
Following record-breaking heat in May, Missouri prepares for Summer Weather Safety Week, June 18-24 Average daily temperatures in May were warmest on record for state of Missouri JEFFERSON CITY – As Missouri closes the books on a record hot May, the National Weather Service, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Public Safety are promoting Missouri…
Read MoreI-70 near Kansas City will be CLOSED between I-435 and I-470 beginning Friday night
JACKSON COUNTY – Major traffic impacts are expected later this week in the Kansas City area when Interstate 70 will be COMPLETELY CLOSED in both directions between I-435 and I-470. The closure, which will begin at 10 p.m. on Friday, June 8 and last until approximately 5 a.m. on Monday, June 11, is needed to…
Read MoreWind Turbine Blades Damaged In Train Accident
At least two wind turbine blades were damaged during an accident on the Des Moines River bridge, between Keokuk, Iowa, and Alexandria, Missouri, on Saturday morning, June 2. Information is sketchy at this time, but it appears that two wind turbine blades being transported on a BNSF train made contact with the bridge, folded backwards…
Read MoreHay Bale Trailer Fire North of Edina – VIDEO
The Edina Volunteer Fire Department responded to a hay bale trailer fire late Friday afternoon, June 1, 2018 at approximately 5:20 p.m. on Old Lake Road less than a mile north of Edina. No one was I jured in the fire and the people transporting the hay were able to get their truck unhitched from…
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