Press: Alcohol Laws Of Missouri

June 25, 2010 -- Legislation that creates stronger penalties for DWI offenders was signed into law June 2. Gov. Jay Nixon is touting the changes as the most...

June 6, 2010 -- A suspected drunken driver may slur his speech, stumble while walking and reek of beer. Those observations are all well and good, but they're also...

June 3, 2010 -- When a drunk driver hit Phadra Olsen in 1996, the offender served 120 days of prison time, while Olsen spent 124 days in the hospital and was...

May 13, 2010 --

Northwest Missouri law enforcement agencies are worried by the Legislature's efforts to save state money in the coming days.

"The...

April 19, 2010 -- After Missouri's workers' compensation laws were rewritten five years ago, employees could expect to be denied recovery if they did certain...

April 10, 2010 --

Area law enforcement agencies received some extra funds because of their work with federal authorities. During the last eight years, the...

March 1, 2010 --

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LaVerne Winzer

MAYSVILLE, Mo. -- Law enforcement agencies are trying to locate an 82-year-old woman missing since...

December 1, 2009 --

For too long, Missouri has had weak drunken driving laws.

But 2010 could be the year the state puts some teeth in its enforcement....

September 8, 2009 --

The statewide drunken-driving crackdown campaign may have concluded on Monday, but new pieces of legislation in Missouri continue to try and...

August 24, 2009 --

The effort to deter drunk driving in Missouri is a never-ending search for how to get a point across to as many drivers as possible: "It's...