by admin | Feb 26, 2008 | Politics / Govt
All those white crosses and other makeshift memorials to the victims of drunk drivers along our roadsides would be replaced by memorials erected by the Missouri Department of Transportation under a bill barely squeezing by in the House. A program to erect memorials to...
by admin | Jan 11, 2008 | Politics / Govt
State Senator Chuck Graham (D-Columbia), who was arrested for drunk driving, can drive from his home in Columbia to the Capitol now. A judge in Columbia has reinstated Graham’s driving privileges. Graham was picked up for drunk...
by admin | Jan 10, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) has announced a plan designed to better protect Missourians from drunk drivers. He’s asking the General Assembly to approve legislation that would require a repeat offender to modify his or her vehicle to add an ignition interlock...
by admin | Oct 26, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A central Missouri prosecutor says he doubts he will seek life imprisonment for a man convicted of being a persistent offender, but he says he could. Henry County Prosecutor Richard Shields says a jury convicted 44-year-old Joseph Townsend of Deepwater of a Class B...
by admin | Jul 10, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A drunk driver who caused a head-on crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia has been sentenced to three years in prison. An apology to a woman who was severely injured in the other car has fallen on deaf ears. Ben Miller had had six beers before he started driving that...