Kehoe approves $12 million crime lab for Southeast Missouri

Missouri announces more than 200 'Blue Shield' communities - Missourinet

(Jefferson City, MO) — Gov. Mike Kehoe has announced more counties, cities and towns as achieving the newly-created Missouri Blue Shield designation. Those named will now be eligible to tap into $10 million in state funding for law enforcement, training, equipment and technology. “I’ve said from day one that improving public safety is the top […]

Kehoe approves $12 million crime lab for Southeast Missouri

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has been approved to expand its Troop E crime laboratory, worth $12 million. This is as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 state operating and capital improvement budget bills passed on Monday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. Troop E provides services the counties in Southeast Missouri. MSHP Public Information Assistant Director Lt. Eric Brown said the expansion is mostly to do with the current building, located in Cape Girardeau,…