by Jessica Machetta | Jul 8, 2013 | News
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 17 people died in traffic crashes during the 2013 July Fourth holiday counting period. The counting period began at 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, and ended at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 8. State troopers worked 358 traffic crashes...
by admin | Jun 4, 2009 | Transportation
We say it every summer — "well, gas prices are going up for the summer travel season." And they are on the rise, but it’s not all due to summer demand, which drives prices up, up, up. Mike Right with AAA in St. Louis says the spike is also a...
by admin | May 22, 2009 | News
As Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season, the Highway Patrol issues some safety reminders and sobering statistics. Lieutenent John Hotz says troopers will be out in numbers this weekend in anticipation of heavy traffic statewide, both to enforce traffic laws...
by admin | May 20, 2009 | Politics / Govt
The Missouri Department of Transportation is urging Gov. Jay Nixon to veto Senate Bill 202, which would repeal Missouri’s motorcycle helmet law. “Nine to one. That’s the ratio by which Missourians support the state law requiring motorcyclists to wear...
by admin | Jan 14, 2009 | Weather
Steve Beusterien, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Kansas City, says weather conditions are rapidly deteriorating across the state as a cold front moves in. "The cold front has moved through much of northern and central Missouri and...
