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Winter weather advisories will cover most of Missouri on Thursday into Friday (AUDIO)

January 23, 2020 By Brian Hauswirth

The National Weather Service (NWS) will be issuing multiple winter weather advisories on Thursday afternoon and evening, that will impact almost all of Missouri.

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Pleasant Hill says the heaviest snow on Thursday will be in the Moberly and Macon areas (January 23, 2020 map courtesy of NWS Pleasant Hill Twitter)

NWS Pleasant Hill meteorologist Spencer Mell is urging you to slow down on the road.

“Roads across, especially across northern Missouri this afternoon, are already snow-covered,” Mell says. “And it really doesn’t take much, we’ve seen a lot of accidents already out there.”

Missourinet Cameron affiliate KMRN (AM 1360) and Chillicothe affiliate KCHI (FM 102.5) report dozens of school districts across northwest Missouri canceled classes today. Many of them have been closed all week.

The winter weather advisory for northern Missouri will take effect at 3 p.m. The heaviest band of snow will impact towns like Moberly, Macon, Boonville, Fayette, and Marshall, where four to six additional inches is possible.

“As we get into this evening, the temperatures are going to cool down out there and we will see a band of heavier snow set up in that area,” says Mell.

As for the Kansas City metro over to west-central Missouri’s Sedalia, NWS meteorologist Mell expects more snow to fall tonight.

“So we’re probably looking at more of the 8 to 10 p.m. time frame before we really start to see the snow stick in the Kansas City area,” Mell says.

In mid-Missouri, Mell says snow is expected to start falling again at about 10 p.m. in Jefferson City and Columbia. Two to four inches of additional snow is expected.

In St. Louis, the NWS office there says light snow and snow will change to all snow during tonight’s evening rush hour. The NWS says it will reduce visibility for St. Louis-area motorists, and potentially create snow-covered road conditions. About an inch of snow is expected.

Snow will also impact the Ozarks tonight into Friday. The I-44 corridor between Lebanon, Waynesville and Rolla should see two to three inches.

Click here to listen to Brian Hauswirth’s full interview with National Weather Service (NWS) Pleasant Hill meteorologist Spencer Mell, which was recorded on January 23, 2020:

Winter weather advisory for northern Missouri goes into effect Tuesday night (AUDIO)

October 29, 2019 By Brian Hauswirth

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Pleasant Hill has issued a winter weather advisory for northern Missouri, primarily from Boonville and Moberly points north. The advisory includes Kansas City.

The National Weather Service is expecting snow to begin Tuesday night in northern Missouri (October 29, 2019 map courtesy of NWS St. Louis Twitter page)

NWS meteorologist Chris Bowman tells Missourinet the advisory takes effect Tuesday night at 10.

“The best chances for any kind of accumulating snow and any kind of light glaze from freezing drizzle is going to be north of the (Missouri) river, into that Maryville, Chillicothe, Kirksville area,” Bowman says.

He says the heaviest snowfall will be north of the Highway 36 corridor.

“Areas from Moberly to (northwest Missouri’s) Chillicothe could see about one to two inches,” says Bowman. “Kirksville, maybe upwards of four inches.”

Northeast Missouri’s Edina could also see three to four inches of snow by Thursday morning, while northwest Missouri’s Maryville and Albany are expected to receive two to three inches of snow.

The winter weather advisory issued by the NWS in Pleasant Hill does not include mid-Missouri, at this time. Mr. Bowman tells Missourinet that Jefferson City, Columbia, Mexico and Sedalia could see a glaze of ice, primarily on elevated surfaces, along with light snow.

“Looking at maybe a trace to an inch of snowfall, so you know, a dusting to maybe an inch,” Bowman says.

The NWS also says three-tenths of an inch of snow fell Monday night at Kansas City International Airport, making it only the 14th measurable October snowfall in 132 years of record-keeping. It’s also only the third time it’s happened in back-to-back years.

Click here to listen to the full interview between Missourinet’s Brian Hauswirth and National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Chris Bowman, which was recorded on October 29, 2019:

Levee breached in southern Howard County

May 31, 2019 By Ashley Byrd

photo: LG Patterson, 93.9The Eagle

A levee in the southern part of the county breached late Friday morning. Even more road closures and property damage were expected in the Boonville, New Franklin, and Rocheport area.

Hundreds of roads are closed in the state, and it may stay that way for a while. See MoDot’s latest list here. Spur 240 was one of the newer closures as of Friday morning, between Highway 40 and Route BB in Rocheport. Evacuations continue in parts of towns like New Franklin and Brunswick.

Sandbagging efforts continue in Missouri River towns like Rocheport and Hartsburg to fight back the flood.

Read more at 93.9 The Eagle, our Columbia affiliate.

Boonville gets historic rail bridge, state money toward refurbishments

January 8, 2013 By Mike Lear

What has been called one of Missouri’s most endangered historic places has a new owner.

The Katy Bridge includes a 408-foot lift span using technology that is unique to this bridge.

A train hasn’t crossed the 81-year-old Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Bridge over the Missouri River at Boonville since 1986. Since then there has been an effort and even a legal battle to save the bridge. Last night the Boonville City Council voted to take ownership from Union Pacific.

The bridge will become part of the Katy Trail, and Boonville Special Projects Coordinator Kate Fjell says that’s not all.

“We wanted it to be able to be event space or a place where people can watch eagles because we know that eagles roost over there during the season. You can just enjoy the River. It’s the only River crossing along the Katy Trail, so we really feel it has lots of uses beyond just something that people are going to walk or bicycle over.”

The City has also received about $430-thousand dollars in state transportation enhancement funds that will support the first phase of bridge renovations.

Fjell says, “That’s going to build the missing span, which is on the Boonville side, and also will repair and rehabilitate a certain portion of the bridge to the first truss span. After the completion of that people will actually be able to walk out onto the bridge, or a certain portion, and have a River view.”

The following phases will repair and clean the uniquely designed lift span and the rail bed will be converted to the trail, the third phase will refurbish the bridge from the lift span to the Howard County side, and finally the bridge will be reconnected to the Howard County side.

The City plans to keep the lift span operational. Fjell says the project will cost an estimated $3.5 to $4-million dollars.

The bridge was the subject of a legal battle when Union Pacific planned in 2005 to remove portions of it to be used on a bridge over the Osage River. Stimulus funds secured by the state in 2010 are building that bridge and allowed for the Boonville bridge to remain intact.

Chicagoan downs boneless wings in Boonville to win the title

June 25, 2012 By Bill Pollock

Pat Bertoletti, wings winner in Boonville. Photo courtesy of Twitter@eatingcontest

Major League Eating came to Boonville on Saturday night and Chicagoan Pat Bertoletti won his second straight boneless wings eating championship. In 10 minutes, Bertoletti was able to finish off 6.75 pounds of wings, nearly two pounds more than the second place finisher, Jamie McDonald who polished off five pounds.

The total number of wings that Pat ate, equals out to 8,347 calories. To put this into perspective, for a 190 pound guy to burn off that many calories, he would have to walk 4 m.p.h. for 1,127 minutes, which would cover a total of 75 miles in almost 19 hours.

For his $1,500 winning paycheck, he could afford to go to a popular Wings restaurant in Missouri and place 30 orders of their “50 wings platter,” and still have $600 left over.