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Parents must take the first steps in preventing gang violence
Born on the streets, nourished and matured in prison, gangs not only influence clothing, crime and conduct, but are the unseen forces behind violence, gunfire and drugs in Maury County.
Bullets fired from outside a Columbia woman’s home March 25 wounded her and narrowly missed her children. Two people shot and killed on Nashville Highway in [...]
Letter to the Editor.
For those of you that don’t know a lot about how the City of Columbia is run, I will fill you in a little bit. All of us in Columbia want a safe city, correct? No one likes to know that they are in danger when they go to Wal-Mart, the mall, or even into [...]
Lawmakers strive for crime prevention in community
Originally published in the Columbia Daily Herald
Tom DuBois
A recent editorial on local crime asked what anti-crime legislation is being pursued by our legislature this session, and particularly, what anti-crime legislation was being pursued by our local state legislators.
As the editorial correctly pointed out, Sen. Ketron and I sponsored anti-stalking legislation several [...]