ST. LOUIS — For more than 50 years, Katherine Goins has enjoyed living in a 148-year-old historic home in the College Hill Neighborhood in north St. Louis.
She and her late husband, Benjamin, the first African American sheriff in St. Louis, raised their four children in the residence.
"This house has features that are not in many homes. I have an organ with 1,700 pipes imported from Germany. All of the first-floor windows in the transit area are imported from Germany," she said.
The windows have 13th-century hand-painted pictures of the biblical story of Christ. I love being over here," said Katherine Goins.
However, an ongoing problem has disturbed her peace.
"I just feel nothing's been done," said Goins.
Goins said since 2015, drivers have sped down East College Avenue near Conde during three different incidents and crashed into her wrought iron gate and the brick wall that surrounds her home.
"My gate was torn up by kids who were in a stolen SUV and after that crash, they ran," said Goins.
She told police last night that four young men and a woman plowed into her brick wall, jumped out of a car and also took off.
"All of them had guns and they all had masks on," she said.
Her daughter lives across the street.
"I'm fed up as well as my mom and our entire family," said Carmen Gamble.
For several years, a speed hump has been just down the street from Goins' home. However, she says drivers continue to speed down her street and plow into her property.
"Right near her house is one of our 10 deadliest intersections," said Conner Kerrigan, a spokesman for St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones.
Officials hope a recently passed bill, aimed at bringing red light cameras to city streets, will also help put the brakes on reckless driving near Goins' home.
"We're using data to look at the area that needs that type of enforcement and this absolutely could be an area where something like this gets set up," said Conner Kerrigan.
"That's a step in the right direction, but that's not all," Gamble said. "In addition to the cameras, there also has to be educating people. They have to be held accountable and understand that there are consequences to their acts."
"I also want to see police get to these scenes sooner when this crashes happen and these drivers have to be found and arrested. My prayer is always peace and people being safe," said Goins.