(Missouri Independent) – Congress’s Joint Economic Committee released a report Thursday detailing the economic repercussions of defaulting on the nation’s debt, adding fuel to the fire as Democrats pressed Republicans to address the nation’s borrowing limit without tying action to spending cuts. The report, from Democratic staff on the bipartisan Joint Economic Committee, says that […]
(Missouri Independent) – A bill that would stop physicians from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors who have not already begun treatment passed Missouri’s Senate Thursday in a party-line vote. The legislation originally sought to ban all gender-affirming care, but after negotiations was amended to allow transgender youth to continue their treatment if they started […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office has launched an online form where those who have experienced harm from gender transition interventions or witnessed troubling practices at transition clinics in Missouri can submit their concerns. This tip line stems from an investigation that Attorney General Bailey launched into a St. Louis pediatric transgender […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office obtained seven felony convictions against 56-year-old Robert Lee Sims, Jr. of Madison, Missouri, for sexually abusing and exploiting a minor victim over many years. “As a former prosecutor and a father of four, I want Missouri to be the safest state in the nation for children, […]
Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has released his office’s compilation of 2022 federal forfeiture reports. Law enforcement agencies that participate in the federal asset forfeiture system must file information regarding federal seizures and proceeds with the State Auditor’s Office. Law enforcement agencies can seize money and property from individuals and organizations involved in illegal activities. […]
A man from St. Louis County, Missouri on Wednesday admitted defrauding business customers of Lowe’s of over $1 million. Michael W. Burrus, 44, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts of bank fraud. Burrus acknowledged that the conspiracy caused a […]
U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Thursday sentenced a man caught with methamphetamine and fentanyl to 10 years in prison. Antoine Demetrius Meeks, 31, was caught by the O’Fallon Police Department with 208 grams of methamphetamine and 26 grams of fentanyl during an August 19, 2022 traffic stop. Meeks pleaded guilty in U.S. District […]
A Kansas City, Kansas, man, and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Alonso Alfredo Nunez, also known as “Bullet,” 19, and Jaloany Garcia-Medina, also known as “J. Lo,” 20, were charged in a four-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas […]
A former Harrisonville, Mo., man was convicted at trial after his testimony in a previous trial for Social Security fraud resulted in an additional charge of perjury being filed against him. Michael Sylvara, 37, who currently lives in Ozark, Mo., but lived in Harrisonville at the time of the offense, was found guilty of one […]
A resurfacing project on several routes in Mercer, Grundy, Harrison, and Worth counties is scheduled to begin soon. Herzog Contracting Corp., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, is scheduled to resurface 12 routes beginning Monday, April 3. The project is expected to be completed in late June 2023. The project will be split with […]
Crowder State Park west of Trenton will hold guided hikes in April to explore the park’s trails. The hikes will include two miles on the Redbud Trail April 1st at 10 o’clock in the morning. Participants should meet at the tennis court parking lot for the hike on the loop trail that crosses dry creek […]
The Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce and Grand River Technical School will hold an area-wide career fair. The event will be held in the Mervyn W. Jenkins Expo Center on the Litton Agri-Science Campus on April 5th from 9:10 to 1:15. More than 40 businesses are expected to be at the fair. Attendees are asked […]
Area projects have been awarded funding from the Missouri Department of Economic Development through the Community Revitalization Grant Program. Recipients include the North Central Missouri Mental Health Center, which was awarded $250,000 for a behavioral health center project serving Linn County. Others are the City of Kirksville receiving $396,240 for an affordable housing project and […]
Stephanie Muck, a registered nurse II in the Wright Memorial Hospital outpatient clinic, was honored as the hospital’s Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2023. Steve Schieber, CEO, presented the award to Muck at a ceremony held in her honor. The Employee of the Quarter Award recognizes an employee who provides exemplary […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department has released information on incidents since the beginning of March. Sheriff Steve Cox reports the sheriff’s office assisted the Chillicothe Police Department on March 7th regarding an incident that happened in rural Livingston County and later in Chillicothe. He says the alleged victim was required by the suspect to transfer […]
(Missouri Independent) – The CEO of Moderna on Wednesday defended the company’s decision to drastically increase the price of its COVID-19 vaccine later this year, arguing that an expected drop in demand, changes to its distribution process, and the overall benefit of the vaccine warrant the higher cost. That decision was met with bipartisan condemnation […]
A soil test can help forage producers avoid the costly guessing game of how much fertilizer to buy and apply, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Tim Schnakenberg. He recommends testing every three or four years. “If you’re not soil testing, you’re already behind,” he said on March 7 at the Christian County Livestock and […]
(Missouri Independent) – On a Friday afternoon in late December, Geri Curtis received a disturbing phone call informing her she had only five days to find a new home for a developmentally disabled person. As part of her job as public administrator for Livingston County, she had become the legal guardian of a person with […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri’s marijuana businesses have extra obstacles when it comes to getting help from financial institutions. With recreational marijuana now legal in Missouri but still illegal at the federal level, it creates more hoops to jump through for both banks and businesses to meet federal scrutiny. Missouri lawmakers have an opportunity to streamline […]
A large percentage of Missourians who could have their criminal records “expunged” have not done so, despite the effects expungement — referred to as a “clean slate” — can have on earnings and opportunities. Missouri House Bill 352 would make the expungement process automatic for eligible individuals. Lindsey Baker, research director for the Missouri Budget Project, stressed […]
