by admin | Dec 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
Drunk driving arrests are up….traffic crashes…the resulting injuries…and fatalities…are down for the Christmas holiday counting period. The 78-hour counting period ended at midnight last night. Highway Patrol lieutenant Tim Hull says five...
by admin | Oct 23, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Our earlier story indicated law enforcement was unable to get drugged drivers off the road because of lack of a state law that affected them. We should have indicated the state law does not have the equivalent of a blood-alcohol content test such as is used in drunk...
by admin | Oct 22, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Missouri’s Driving-Under-the-Influence law appears to have a big hole in it…..because it doesn’t cover all of the “influences.” House Transportation chairman Neil St. Onge says he was “kind of shocked” to learn from a Kansas...
by admin | Sep 3, 2006 | News
A traveling photo exhibit highlighting the effects of underage drinking will soon head to Missouri. “After the Crash” is a Mothers Against Drunk Driving photo exhibit providing a glimpse into the lives of ten families changed forever by underage drinking...
by admin | Aug 2, 2006 | Crime / Courts, Politics / Govt
A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate the drunk driving arrest of Jasper County Presiding Commissioner Chuck Surface. Lawrence County’s prosecutor will take over the case. The Jasper County prosecutor is stepping aside because he represents...