WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 16, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that St. Louis University has been selected to receive a $500,000 grant to help recruit, train, and place workers in community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois metropolitan statistical area. The Brownfields Job Training P more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 17, 2024) - Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order requiring Ameren Missouri to spend $61 million on projects intended to mitigate violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), including 14 years of unpermitted excess emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2). This order resolves years-long litigation between the parties. Under the terms of the more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: A Fulton, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Clayton Key Craddock, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 15 years and eight months in federal prison without parole. Craddock was sentenced as a career offender due to his prior felony convictions. On Feb. 29, 2024 more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Fraudulently Applied for Dozens of Loans Under the CARES Act * * * A Springfield, Mo., business owner was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a nearly $14 million wire fraud conspiracy that utilized his businesses, as well as fake businesses, to fraudulently receive loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) A more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: Two Kansas City, Mo., men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a conspiracy to illegally traffic firearms and for illegally possessing firearms. Ernest L. Hall, 61, and Rodney O. Ellison, 57, were charged in a 12-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. Today's indictment replaces federal criminal compla more PR