Missouri Highway Patrol Ready For Memorial Day Travel

Missouri’s highways are expected to be jam-packed over the next few days as holiday travelers take advantage of the Memorial Day weekend. The traditional start of summer is also the traditional start of the summer driving season and the Missouri Highway Patrol...

Patrol loss not the first

In the 70 years of its history, the highway patrol has had to tell families of 21 troopers they had been killed in the line of duty. The most recent message was delivered early yesterday morning to the family of Sergeant Robert Guilliams, who was killed in a traffic...

Trooper killed in highway wreck

The Highway Patrol’s zone supervisor in Pemiscot and New Madrid Counties in southeast Missouri has been killed when his car crashed into a bridge abutment on the way to a traffic accident in the bootheel.Sergeant Robert Guilliams had been with the patrol for 17...

Put a lid on it

State lawmakers are taking another stab at toughening Missouri’s law governing open containers of alcohol in moving vehicles. They’re considering legislation that would make it an offense for anyone in a moving car, driver or passenger, to be in possession...