GREENSBORO, North Carolina, June 19 -- The American Baseball Coaches Association issued the following news: * * * 2026 ABCA NCAA Div. II Region All-Defensive Teams Announced The 2026 ABCA NCAA Div. II Region All-Defensive teams have been announced in all eight regions. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. II All-America & Coach of the Year Committee. Rudy Garbalosa of Lynn University serves as Chair of the ABCA NCAA Div. II All-America & Coach of the Year more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- AARP issued the following news release on June 17, 2026 with United Way Worldwide: * * * AARP and United Way Worldwide Expand 211 Caregiver Program to 10 New States - Increasing Support for Millions More Family Caregivers Expansion into additional 211 call centers brings the program to 32 states and Puerto Rico, reaching 50% of the total U.S. population, and accessible to an estimated 36 million family caregivers - Millions more family caregivers across the country now have easier access to critical support through t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Alleged Ringleader of UFC Terrorist Plot is a Mexican Illegal Alien This illegal alien was granted DACA by the Obama Administration  - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement announcing that the suspected ringleader of the failed terrorist plot against UFC Freedom 250 is a Mexican illegal alien who overstayed a B2 visitor visa.  According to local reporting, the Federal Bureau of Inve more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 18 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends the First Amendment rights of pro-life Americans Attorney General Alan Wilson recently joined a 20-state friend-of-the-court brief in support of the First Amendment right of the Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford, Illinois, at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  The PCC of Rockford holds to a traditional Christian teaching on human life and sexuality and expect their employees to uphold th more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 18 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General Hanaway Issues Statement Following Sentencing of Kenneth Simpson * JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued a statement following sentencing in State v. Simpson, where the defendant was previously found guilty of murdering a law enforcement officer and severely injuring another in Hermann, Missouri: "Today, Judge Hellmann acted on the jury's verdict and delivered a death sente more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * BCLP Recognized with Two Wins at the 17th Annual International M&A Awards * BCLP has been honored with two Deal of the Year accolades by the M&A Advisor's 17th Annual International M&A Awards committee. The Awards spotlight dealmakers who think bigger, move faster and break boundaries in an era where geopolitics and tech disruption shape every opportunity -recognizing visionaries who turn global complexity into  more PR

LONDON, England, June 15 -- The British Film Institute issued the following news release with the BBC Film and Film4: * * * BFI, BBC FILM AND FILM4 PARTNER TO DEVELOP UK INDUSTRY FIRST: THE INDEPENDENT FILM SUSTAINABILITY HANDBOOK * The bespoke toolkit for independent film provides free, accessible and achievable guides to reducing the environmental impact of productions bfi.org.uk/sustainability-handbook * BFI also announces it will fund dedicated Sustainability Consultants on BFI features - The BFI, BBC Film and Film4, have collaborate more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker Reintroduces Resolution Honoring the Legacy, Power, and Global Impact of Black Musicians * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) honored the indelible and world-shaping contributions of Black Americans to the musical heritage of the United States and reaffirmed June as Black Music Appreciation Month. The resolution recognizes that Black artists, composers, producers, and innovators have defined entire genres, transformed globa more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Best Lawyers in Germany 2027 * The Best Lawyers(tm) in Germany has published its 2027 edition of the best lawyers in the country. We are delighted to announce that 31 BCLP lawyers have been recognized in 12 different practice areas - and for the first time, our entire German Employment practice has been recognized. The lawyers and their practice areas are: Berlin Albrecht von Breitenbuch ... Private Equity La more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, June 18 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Students Create AI Dating App By Charis Marshal, Student Public Relations Writer  As online dating continues to shape modern relationships, two Cedarville University students are challenging the swipe-based model with a new, AI-powered platform designed to foster deeper, more intentional connections. Andrew Bruckart, a freshman electrical engineering student from Xenia, Ohio, and Jonathan Ellington, a freshman finance major from Chesterfield, Missouri, hav more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 18 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus posted the following news: * * * College of Nursing earns maximum 10-year reaccreditation from Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education * For more than four decades, the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Nursing has prepared nurses to deliver high-quality care in hospitals, clinics and communities across the St. Louis region and beyond.  The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, a national accrediting agency that evaluates the quality and integr more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 18 -- Consumer Action for a Strong Economy issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 17, 2026 to The Well News: * * * CASE Op-Ed in The Well News: The Courtroom Battle Over Baby Formula Isn't About Science A jury in a Cook County, Illinois, court awarded families $70 million in April after concluding that infant formula caused a devastating illness in premature babies. However, that conclusion hinged on a scientific theory that lacks validated evidence. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said  more PR

CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, June 19 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: * * * Corn Growers Continue Engagement in Ongoing Fertilizer Tariff Developments Author: Nicole Hasheider The U.S. International Trade Commission recently announced that it will conduct a full review of the countervailing duties on imported phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia. In response to this development, Ohio corn farmer and National Corn Growers Association President Jed Bower issued the following statement: "Corn growers  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, June 19 -- Forvis Mazars LLP, a company that provides audit, assurance, tax, advisory and consulting services, issued the following news release: * * * Forvis Mazars celebrates Rachel Ormsby and Justin Metcalfe as 2026 Key Award winners Forvis Mazars, LLP, ranked among the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States, celebrated Rachel Ormsby and Justin Metcalfe as the winners of the Key Award--the organization's highest honor--during the 2026 VISION conference held in Orlando, Florida. The Key  more PR

SEASIDE, California, June 18 -- California State University Monterey Bay campus posted the following news: * * * From Redhawks to Otters: CSUMB Welcomes Carlos Vargas-Aburto as Interim President * California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia has appointed Carlos Vargas-Aburto as Cal State Monterey Bay's sixth university leader. He will serve as interim president and will join the Otter Raft this summer. He has a long career of leading higher education institutions, supporting social mobility and fostering community engagement. Va more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 18 -- Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kehoe Announces Four Gubernatorial Appointments Today, Governor Mike Kehoe announced four gubernatorial appointments to various boards and commissions. Cher Caudel, of California, was appointed to the Missouri Family Trust Board of Trustees. Ms. Caudel has served as the Moniteau County public administrator for nearly two decades. She remains active in her community as a member and former president of the Missouri Association  more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 18 -- Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kehoe Announces SEMA and FEMA to Participate in Joint Damage Assessments for Severe Weather System that Began June 4 Today, Governor Mike Kehoe announced that the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will participate with local officials in joint Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDA) of public infrastructure in 29 counties following a stretch of severe storms that have heavily  more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Husch Blackwell Named a 2026 Client Service A-Team by BTI * National law firm Husch Blackwell was ranked as one of the 40 best law firms for client service in BTI Consulting's Client Service A-Team 2026 report. The report is based on direct, unprompted feedback from more than 350 legal decision makers from organizations with more than $1 billion in revenue across 17 activities that clients rely on to gauge law f more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 18 -- The University of Missouri School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Joy Jenkins co-authors U.S. page of 2026 Reuters Institute Digital News Report By Austin Fitzgerald  COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 17, 2026) -Missouri School of Journalism Associate Professor Joy Jenkins has once again co-authored the U.S. page of the annual Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Digital News Report, now in its 15th edition. Jenkins has co-authored the report with the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid's Luca more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 19 -- Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences issued the following news: * * * KCU alumnus James MacKenzie, DO, leads Illinois State Medical Board By Haley Reardon During his time at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCU-COM), James Mackenzie, DO, began defining the kind of physician he wanted to become--one focused not just on clinical skill, but on understanding his patients. That perspective, however, took hold long before medical school and much closer to home. Ask him where  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 18 -- The University of Missouri School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * New Missouri Regional Reporting Fellowship sends Missouri School of Journalism student to the Ozarks * By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 18, 2026) - Senior Jake Ciancio is the first recipient of the Missouri School of Journalism's Missouri Regional Reporting Fellowship, a new internship program that places journalism students in local newsrooms to report on under-covered communities across the state. This summer more PR

MARYVILLE, Missouri, June 19 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: * * * Regents approve four-year nursing, 90-credit-hour professional studies degree programs with FY27 budget Northwest Missouri State University's Board of Regents approved two academic proposals on Thursday that will significantly expand opportunities for students who are seeking pathways to nursing careers or to complete a bachelor's degree more efficiently than a traditional college degree. With the Board's approval, Northwest will tak more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 19 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Sam Fox School announces new Carmon Colangelo award program * Trustee and WashU alumna Vicki Match Suna has made a pledge to establish and endow the Carmon Colangelo Award for Creative Research and Innovation at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Colangelo, the school's Ralph J. Nagel Dean and the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Collaboration in the Arts, will step down as dean June 30, after 20 y more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June 17 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Samford Pharmacy Professor Appointed President of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists * Kim Benner, PharmD '96, professor of pharmacy practice at Samford University's McWhorter School of Pharmacy, was inaugurated as president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) during the Pharmacy Futures meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. Faculty members, alumni and student pharmacists from McWhorter attended the meeting to support Ben more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 17, 2026: * * * SCHATZ PRESSES MUSEUMS AND UNIVERSITIES TO QUICKLY RETURN NATIVE ANCESTRAL REMAINS AND ITEMS, COMPLY WITH NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT Renewed Call Follows Schatz's Efforts In Recent Years To Return Native Remains and Items Back To The Communities Where They Belong - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affair more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Schmitt Re-Passes Declaration of Independence on Senate Floor Ahead of America 250 * Schmitt Honors the Legacy of America's Founders and Reaffirms the Sacred Inheritance of Every American Citizen U.S. SENATE -Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) took to the Senate Floor to reaffirm America's Declaration of Independence ahead of our country's 250 th birthday. Senator Schmitt explained how the United States' Founding Fathers penned the Declarat more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 19 -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * Two UMKC Law Students Named Academic All-American Advocates by National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators Karima Burns and Emma King-Murphy recognized among best law students in the country - Two University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law students were named Academic All-Americans by the National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators (NALAE), recognizing their excellence in academics, competition, service and leade more PR

HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, June 18 -- The House Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Chris French, associate chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, from a June 12, 2026, field hearing on a discussion draft of the Great American Outdoors Act 250: * * * Chairman Westerman, Ranking Member Huffman, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). On August 4,  more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 19 -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * UMKC Alum Donates $575,000 to First-Generation Law Students, Female Athletes and Graduate Assistance Fund Determination and three phone calls changed Sherri Wattenbarger's life; now she pays it forward - When Sherri Wattenbarger (B.A. '91, J.D. '93) was six years old, her father taught her the value of asking for help when you need it. Now, she's in a position to be the one who answers when someone asks for help. Wattenbarger an more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 18 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM biology faculty hosted the fifth consecutive neuroscience workshop * For the fifth consecutive year, University of New Mexico Biology Professor Mubarak Hussain Syed, also known as the FlyGuy, together with Matthew Clark, assistant professor of biology at Bucknell University; Veronica Evans, associate professor of biology at San Juan College; Maciah Shendo; and community partners Pueblo Brain Science, hosted the annual Neuroscience Workshop. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued 'Rice Outlook: June 2026', by Vidalina Abadam, Jennifer Bond, Seth Wechsler, and Andrew Sowell, in June 2026, under report number RCS-26E. The report says U.S. all rice supplies for 2026/27 were raised by 0.5 million hundredweight to 275.8 million hundredweight, mainly because 2025/26 ending stocks were revised higher. The increase leaves 2026/27 ending stocks slightly higher as well, at 42.8 million hundredweight, while the all rice season-a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Wagner Introduces SEC Reform Package * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, released the following statement after she introduced the SEC Reform and Restructuring Act: "I am committed to supporting local small businesses and the families that run them. The Biden Administration's SEC imposed a top-down regulatory process that made it much more challenging for employers  more PR