by admin | Apr 2, 2007 | Transportation
Missouri has come through the first quarter of the year with a dramatic drop in traffic fatalities. Traffic crashes in the first 90 days of the year have killed 195 people – 27 percent fewer than at this time last year. Highway Patrol Captain Tim Hull has never...
by admin | Nov 26, 2006 | Transportation
Construction on roads throughout the state is underway as part of the Smooth Roads Initiative… and the state Transportation Department says bridges are next with the Safe and Sound Bridge Plan. But, Director Pete Rahn says the state’s not capitalizing on other modes...
by admin | Sep 18, 2006 | Transportation
A nationally recognized transportation planner hopes those who rebuild the interstate system look beyond the interstate system and today’s highays philosophies. Executive Director William Ankner with the Missouri Transportation Institute in Rolla says these are...
by admin | Dec 9, 2005 | Transportation, Weather
A St. Joseph man survived the crash of his pick-up, which fell 30 to 70 feet off an Interstate 29 bridge, and crawled from the wreckage, only to freeze to death beneath the bridge. St. Joseph police identify him as Tyson Carter. Investigators think the crash happened...
by admin | Dec 9, 2005 | Health / Medicine, Transportation, Weather
The first snow has hit and the State Highway Patrol says that should prompt motorists to prepare for driving throughout the winter months. State Highway Patrol Captain Chris Ricks says it’s amazing how much drivers forget from one winter to another. The patrol...
