Meanwhile, Colonel Eric T. Olson, 24th superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has announced he will retire effective February 1, 2025, after more than 34 years of dedicated service.“I appreciate the support and friendships I have made across the state the last 34 years. The privilege to serve as a trooper has been a … Read more
MSHP Reports Three Traffic Fatalities Over Christmas but No Drownings or Boating Fatalities. Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has the following preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday counting period:Three people died in traffic crashes during the 30-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 24, 2024, … Read more
State Rep. Jeff Myers, a Warrenton Republican, pre-filed both a bill and a joint resolution in the Missouri House of Representatives to move the state’s top law enforcement agency out from under the jurisdiction of the Missouri Department of Public Safety, creating a new state department.Myers said the restructuring would not require any additional cost … Read more
Three people died after a car crash in St. Francois County on Christmas Eve.According to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol, a 2004 Ford F150 was traveling northbound on Route OO, south of Route F when the car veered off the left side of the road and struck a tree. The driver of the … Read more
A man 61-year-old Harold E. Luster, of High Ridge has been criminally charged with the murder of his son on Christmas Eve in Jefferson County.The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release prosecutors have charged , with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of his son, Kevin M. Ward, 26, … Read more
The lawsuit over a drive-thru window in Cape Girardeau is now going to federal court. On Monday the city of Cape Girardeau and other defendants named in the legal challenge filed paperwork to move the case from circuit court to a United States District Court.A group of property owners sued the city, the operators of … Read more
Twenty-two earthquakes have registered in the last month along the New Madrid Fault Line in southeast Missouri…most too small to have been felt. Jeff Briggs, with Missouri’s Emergency Management Agency, says the state is monitoring the activity. [mo1quake3] :15 “….anything like that.” (as said) “The New Madrid Seismic Zone is always active,” he says. “In … Read more
Captain Jason J. Cluver, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, is pleased to announce the assignment of two new troopers to Troop E. The new troopers were members of the 122nd Recruit Class that graduated on December 20th. Trooper Ryan W. Brown, of Doniphan, Missouri, has been assigned to Zone 1, which serves the … Read more
Cape Girardeau firefighters were called to the scene of a house fire at 144 Camilla Drive on Sunday. After 25 minutes the blaze was brougt under control. Residents were alerted to the flames by the family dog. No one was hurt. Damage is estimated to be 75-thousand dollars.
Patty Prewitt the longest-serving femails prisoner in MO is among the nine people who have had their sentences commuted by Missouri Governor Mike Parson.He also pardoned 16 others.Prewitt, a now 75-year-old grandmother, was serving a life sentence for the 1984 murder of her husband in their farmhouse in Holden, Missouri.