A man who sped away from a Missouri Highway patrolman who was trying to pull him over for speeding has been charged with felony assault on a police officer and driving while intoxicated. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on December 10 that the car reached up to 110 MPH while the chase was going on. […]
The driver of a truck that struck and killed an Illinois State Trooper who was conducting a routine traffic stop may have been unconscious due to a medical condition. The U.S. Department of Transportation has declared the driver an “imminent hazard” which means he is not allowed to drive commercially at least for now. The U.S […]
A Government Accountability Office report looking at data collected in 2010 estimates that motorcyclists are 30 times more likely to die in a crash than people using other vehicles. According to the report $16 billion was spent for deaths and injuries related to motorcycle accidents but the overall cost is hard to calculate. The change […]
A dishwasher that had been the subject of a recall in 2009 has been blamed for causing $70,000 in damages to a St. Peters home. The dishwasher, a Bosch and Siemens Model according to the report in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was recalled by BSH home Appliances Corporation due to a bad electrical component that […]
A St. Charles man has been arrested and charged with multiple crimes, including DUI, after ramming his truck twice into his girlfriend’s car while she was trying to get away from him. The man is also facing charges of endangering the welfare of a child as the couple’s one year old son was in her […]
The parents of a sixteen year old girl who died in a car accident on Augusta Bottom road, in Warren county Missouri two years ago have filed for damages in the accident. In a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story reporting the lawsuit on November 20, 2012 the parents are said to be suing the county and […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that the Bellville city council has voted against building a fence around a large hole in the ground which was the scene of a fire two years ago. The area has been the subject of some controversy over the years since the incident. The building owner has sued the […]
The use of generators has been in the news recently with all of the power outages on the east coast that resulted from Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. We certainly aren’t strangers to rough weather in Missouri, so purchasing a generator may very well have crossed your mind in order to keep your home powered in the […]
The same St. Louis apartment building that was the scene of a fierce fire in July, leaving the building devastated and 250 people displaced from their homes, was the scene of an accident on November 11. In a story published by St. Louis Post Dispatch November 12 it was reported that two demolition workers were […]
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article published November 4 reports a Joplin Hospital, Freeman Health System, will pay $9.3 million for improperly compensating Doctors that referred patients to the facility. It is against federal law for physicians to send patients to hospitals that they have a financial vested interest in. This violation was found by an […]
