The Ohio State Highway Patrol Friday announced more details on its planned sobriety checkpoint. Sergeant Mark Leach says the event will be held in Licking County Saturday evening. The location and the time of the checkpoint will be announced Saturday morning. The checkpoint is funded by federal grant funds to deter and intercept impaired drivers.
The Zanesville Highway Patrol says a sobriety checkpoint is planned for our area this week.
Troopers say the county where the checkpoint will take place will be announced the day prior to the event.
The Highway Patrol says the exact location will be announced the morning of the checkpoint.
Zanesville Post Lieutenant Steven Rine says based on provisional date, there were 380 OVI related fatal crashes in which 411 people were killed last year in Ohio.
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A sobriety checkpoint is planned in Perry County on Friday. The Lancaster Post of the State Highway Patrol says the checkpoint is funded by federal grant funds and is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. Lieutenant Craig Cvetan says last year in Ohio there were 382 O-V-I related fatal crashes in which 413 people were killed. He says that troopers on average make 25-thousand impaired driving arrests each year in order to combat dangerous drivers. The...
The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced that a sobriety checkpoint will be held Friday (tonight) from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Troopers say it will happen on US 22 in Guernsey County. The checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. The checkpoint will also be held in conjunction with nearby saturation patrols to aggressively combat alcohol-related injury and fatal crashes. The Patrol says it will be holding drunken...
AAA has found a creative way to remind drivers to stay safe on the road this holiday season.
The event was called 'First a Friend, then a Host', which featured a friendly competition among AAA workers. They made 'mocktails', which are non-alcoholic cocktails, in order to promote sober driving. Customers were able to sample and vote for the drinks, and a book full of alcohol-free beverages is going to be published.
"The recipe book is going to be free, you can come in and...
The Highway Patrol has announced the location of Friday’s (tonight’s) sobriety checkpoint. Troopers along with the Somerset Police Department will set up between 8:00 pm and 12:00 am on State Route 13 just east of U.S. Route 22 in Perry County. The checkpoint, funded by federal grants, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. Troopers say if you plan to consume alcohol, designate a driver or make other travel arrangements before you drink.
The Highway Patrol says there will be another sobriety checkpoint in our area Friday. Troopers from the Lancaster Post say it will take place in Perry County. The checkpoint – funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. The Highway Patrol says there were 429 driving while impaired related fatal crashed in which 478 people were killed last year in Ohio. The location of the checkpoint in Perry County will be announced Friday morning.
The Zanesville Post of the State HIghway Patrol will hold a sobriety checkpoint Friday night on US 22 in Newton Township. Troopers say the location of the checkpoint is on 22 just south of Wal-Mart. It is scheduled to take place between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am. The checkpoint is funded by federal grants and is designed to deter and intercept impaired drivers. The Highway Patrol says if you plan to consume alcohol, designate a driver or make other travel...
The Ohio State Highway Patrol Sunday announced that Troopers will operate an OVI checkpoint this week in Muskingum County to deter and intercept imparied drivers. The exact location of the checkpoint will be announced the morning of the checkpoint. Whiz News will post the information on this website and on Whiz Radio and TV stations.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports less drunk driving arrests this Fourth of July.
Trooper Stephen Williams of the Zanesville Post of the State Highway Patrol says locally they had around 600 stops, 400 of which were for speeding and other offenses. 75 were seatbelt violations, and only 5 were DUI arrests.
"Zero is, in today's society, is unrealistic." said Trooper Williams. "But 5, that's a low number.
Trooper Williams says they had only two crash-related...
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