Nixon signs crime bills after touring crime lab

Governor Nixon has signed a wide range of crime bills into law, after touring the State Highway Patrol Crime Lab in Jefferson City. "Protecting the people of Missouri and providing a safe place to raise our families is the most important thing we do in...

Trooper visibility appears to keep deaths down

Seven people died on Missouri roads this past three-day weekend; seven too many, but still a bit lower than what we might expect from a long holiday weekend. Independence Day stretched out for a three-day weekend since the 4th fell on a Saturday. Seven people died in...

Motorists warned: The HEAT is on

Summer months are the most deadly on Missouri Highways and the HEAT is On campaign aims to keep fatalities and injuries down. More than a thousand people were killed during July, August and September over the last four years. That’s why HEAT, high enforcement...