WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * * Curators of the University of Missouri selected for $20 million for work in Chariton County, Missouri * Healthy Bourbon County Action Team selected for $2.9 million for work in Bourbon, Crawford, Cowley, and Mitchell counties in Kansas * * * LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 13, 2024) - On Dec. 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has selected 105 applications for the Community  more PR

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Jurors in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau on Thursday found a Poplar Bluff man guilty of one felony count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Evidence and testimony presented at trial showed that on the evening of Aug. 6, 2020, a Poplar Bluff Police Department officer activated his lights and siren and tried to  more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: A Raymore, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and for illegally possessing firearms. Tony Diaz, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to nine years in federal prison without parole. His brother and co-defendant, Serjio Diaz, 40, of Belton, Mo., was sentenced on Oct. 9, 2024, to 15 years i more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Thursday sentenced a man who fraudulently obtained $41,484 in loans intended to help struggling businesses during the pandemic to 15 months in prison. Judge Ross ordered Robert Baines, 44, to repay the amount of the loans, as well as $4,815 to the property management company where he once worked. After Baine more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West  more PR