Florence Low flow@sacbee.com Sacramento County probation officer Bill Hepworth, right, talks with a DUI offender while officer Jim Hughes searches the man's Sacramento home. Sometimes when her cell phone rings, Shannon Hart still briefly wishes she will hear the voice of her daughter, Noara Ilani Dines, on the line. Mother and daughter used to talk at least once a day on the ...

PHOENIX- More than 1,900 people have been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Arizona by a holiday DUI task force that ends Wednesday. On Saturday alone, more than 162 people were arrested on suspicion of DUI. They had an average blood-alcohol content of .13.

More than 1,900 people have been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Arizona by a holiday DUI task force that ends Wednesday. On Saturday alone, more than 162 people were arrested on suspicion of DUI. They had an average blood-alcohol content of .13. Of the overall 1,900 people arrested since the task force began on Thanksgiving, the average BAC was .15 -- almost double the legal limit.

During the holiday season last year, from Dec. 14 through Jan. 1, 26 people were killed in DUI-related car accidents. According to the S.C. Department of Public Safety, there were more alcohol-related deaths than murders in the state last year.

A flood of ignition interlock devices may be put into use in Illinois in the new year after a new law requiring the devices for first-time DUI offenders goes into effect Jan. 1.

DEWEY — A local man has been sentenced to seven years in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for what is reported to be his third DUI. According to court records, David Lance Davis was formally sentenced Monday to serve seven years in ODOC, a $5,000 fine, and 240 hours of community service.

During the holiday season last year, from Dec. 14 through Jan. 1, 26 people were killed in DUI-related car accidents. According to the S.C. Department of Public Safety, there were more alcohol-related deaths than murders in the state last year. In an effort to cut those numbers, state and local law enforcement officials are planning to crack down on drunken drivers over the next few days. Many ...

State police at Newport said a DUI checkpoint from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 2:30 a.m. Sunday in Carroll Twp., Perry County, led to 14 citations, including four DUI arrests and a felony drug arrest.

The Huntsville Police Department's Traffic Task Force is continuing its DUI checkpoints through New Year's Day. Make sure you have your driver's license, proof of insurance and current license plate registration available at these checkpoints. Police will set up checkpoints...

San Francisco law enforcement officials arrested 85 drivers suspected of driving under the influence in San Francisco since the city's DUI crackdown began earlier this month, a spokeswoman said.