Ecstasy dancing into Missouri

Rave Parties are not something Missouri law enforcement agencies are about to rave about. They’re starting to crop up here…all-night parties for young people featuring loud music, flashing lights, dancing and, often, drugs. The drug of choice is Ecstasy....

Holiday deaths down

More drunken boating arrests were recorded on Missouri’s lakes and rivers during the July 4th holiday period. State Water Patrol Sergeant Paul Kennedy says 2 people died. One fatality occurred on the Mississippi near Cape Girardeau and another happened at...

Highway Patrol Pay Raises Backfires

Planned pay raises for the highway patrol backfire when the patrol asks for even more. A proposed plan giving highway patrol troopers pay increases turns out not to be enough for the patrol…which asks the legislature for another half-million dollars. But for...

Two Indicted for Cocaine Smuggling

Two Pennsylvania men arrested after a routine traffic stop in Callaway County earlier this week have been charged in federal court with trying to smuggle cocaine through the county. Prosecutors say the two men ran away while highway patrolmen searched their...