Road miles increase, fatality rate at 60-year low

Americans drove 3 trillion miles in 2010, a big increase over the previous year and the third-highest total on record, and yet highway fatalities remain at the lowest rate in nearly 60 years. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday, Mar…

New lead in murder of trucker Truman Smith

Today, East St. Louis Police named a person of interest in the murder investigation of truck driver Truman L. Smith. Smith, 40, of Irondale, MO, was fatally shot during an apparent robbery outside the gates of Fresh Warehousing in East St. Louis, IL, w…