While Columbia, Jefferson City and much of mid-Missouri has been dry this (Thursday), morning, heavy rain has been falling overnight in some of our northern counties. National Weather Service (NWS) Kansas City meteorologist Sarah Atkins tells 939 the Eagle that the Moberly area has received about two inches of rain overnight, and there are pockets …
Lawsuits continue after deadly train collision in northern Missouri
There already have been several lawsuits involving Monday’s deadly collision between a dump truck and an Amtrak train near northern Missouri’s Mendon. Kansas City’s KMBC-TV reports it’s becoming clear that the courts will also be deciding who was at fault. KMBC reports the widow of dump truck driver Billy Barton II has filed a lawsuit …
NTSB remains on-scene at northern Missouri train derailment site
State troopers say four people are now dead and 150 others injured, following Monday’s collision between an Amtrak train and a dump truck near northern Missouri’s Mendon. That’s 80 miles northwest of Columbia. The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) 14-member team is at the derailment site, and they say the train hit the tail end …
NTSB remains on-scene at northern Missouri train derailment site
State troopers say four people are now dead and 150 others injured, following Monday’s collision between an Amtrak train and a dump truck near northern Missouri’s Mendon. That’s 80 miles northwest of Columbia. The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) 14-member team is at the derailment site, and they say the train hit the tail end …