Senate Gives Preliminary Approval To Meth-Fighting Effort

A new effort to cut off the supply of a popular ingredient for making methamphetamine has moved forward in the State Senate. This proposal, on a fast track, would require all sales of all pills containing pseudoephedrine to be done by a pharmacist who would keep a...

Missouri Looks To Oklahoma For Meth Crackdown Ideas

Missouri is looking to Oklahoma to crack down on the methamphetamine traffic in this state which keeps growing despite attempts by lawmakers over the years to stop it. Representative Jack Goodman of Mt. Vernon says the meth problem has actually grown in his southwest...

Holden Puts Forward Meth-Fighting Proposal

Governor Bob Holden uses his Governor’s Conference on Meth to announce a proposal he believes will help keep methamphetamine off the streets. He’s calling for all medicines containing ephedrine – a key ingredient in meth – to be regulated as a...

Anhydrous Ammonia Explosion Kills Man, Injures Woman

A man has died after a tank of anhydrous ammonia explodedin his car in Franklin County. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Departmentsays the car was moving on a county road when the tank exploded in the rearof the car. A woman was critically injured in the...
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