St. Louis City’s reckless driving crisis claims the lives of two visitors from Chicago after they attended a concert downtown. It comes a year of a teenage girl visiting from Tennessee lost her legs in a reckless driving crash. She was hit by a vehicle while walking downtown. Instead of addressing the glaring lack of enforcement of traffic laws, Mayor Tishaura Jones calls out the Board of Aldermen for stalling her plan for street safety improvements. …
Republicans and Democrats in the Missouri Legislature back Valentine’s Law, which would enact mandatory prison time for those knowingly fleeing police in a vehicle. It is named for St. Louis County Police Detective Tony Valentine who was killed by a fleeing driver in 2021. …
Missouri Senate Democrats filibuster initiative petition reform at the state capitol. Reform measures aim to make it more difficult to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. …
Democrat St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush lashes out at Republicans for Missouri’s lax gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade and rally, even though Kansas City and St. Louis have laws making it illegal for juveniles to carry weapons. Twenty-two people were shot and a woman was killed in what authorities say was an exchange of gunfire among juveniles.
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All they have to do to get away is not stop. SLMPD can’t chase for traffic offenses. Criminals know this and until you start charging criminals and let the police do their job, nothing will change.
Stay safe out there, guys. And remember that LOTS of drunks are out between 12-4am. So maybe stay off the roads. And NEVER drive drunk, yourself. So dangerous!
I live in Bellefontaine and it is absolutely scary trying to drive. I feel like the young people have lost their minds.