by admin | Aug 16, 2004 | Transportation
State highway commissioners say they have the search for a new state transportation director down to a “handful” of candidates. More than nine months after former director Henry Hungerbeeler tendered his resignation, Highway Commissioner Jim Anderson, who...
by admin | Aug 16, 2004 | Business, Transportation
State highway commissioners have deferred approving a road project in Southwest Missouri after the contractor involved was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bid rigging. The indictment alleges that APAC-Missouri Incorporated of Columbia and David Mantle,...
by admin | Jul 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
Missouri State Highway Patrol officials are hoping this year’s numbers of those killed and injured on Missouri’s roads for the Fourth of July holiday weekend are much lower than a year ago. Those numbers showed more than 1,200 crashes with 20 people dead...
by admin | Jun 15, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to be careful when they see emergency vehicles pulled over on the side of the road. The reminder comes after Sergeant Brad Lively was struck and seriously injured this week after making a routine traffic stop...
by admin | May 19, 2004 | Transportation
State Highway Patrol troopers are gearing up for a crackdown on seat belt use, but they will only be able to ticket someone for not wearing their seat belt if they stop the motorist for another violation. The General Assembly seems in no hurry to make seat belts a...
