The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $106.4 million to Missouri for essential drinking water infrastructure upgrades through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). Thanks to a $6 billion boost from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA is increasing the investments available to rebuild the nation’s water infrastructure. “Every community deserves access to safe, clean […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden Administration’s proposed standards for conventional cooking products that would regulate the types of stoves and ovens Americans use to cook. Proposed by the Department of Energy, the rule would make over half of the gas stoves currently on […]
Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick announced an audit of the Francis Howell R-III School District. Numerous concerns have been raised to the State Auditor’s Office regarding fiscal and operations concerns with the school district. Recently, members of the Missouri General Assembly as well as a member of the Francis Howell R-III School District Board have […]
A man from California pleaded guilty to a federal charge in St. Louis, Missouri Wednesday and admitted sending pictures of his genitals to a Missouri teen. Colin M. Lind, 43, of San Diego County, California, met the 15-year-old girl and her family while he and his family were on vacation in Florida in the summer […]
A bookkeeper from Shrewsbury, Missouri on Wednesday admitted embezzling $849,000 from a client. Cora G. Willard, 47, waived her right to an indictment by a grand jury and pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey to one felony count of wire fraud. Willard ran a bookkeeping, payroll, and money-management assistance company […]
U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Wednesday sentenced John Andrew Schoolcraft, 32, of Kennett, Missouri, to serve 15 years in federal prison for the offenses of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. At a guilty plea hearing […]
A man from Jefferson County, Missouri on Wednesday admitted possessing two pipe bombs and methamphetamine. Douglas Moore, 47, of Byrnes Mill, was stopped by a deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department on May 11, 2021, while driving a 2004 Suzuki Aerio with expired license plates. He had an active warrant. After his arrest, the […]
A Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing firearms following his involvement in two drive-by shootings. Cartevion Marquis Chapman, 34, of Springfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Tuesday, April 4, to nine years and seven months in federal prison without parole. On March 24, 2022, Chapman pleaded […]
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced that net general revenue collections for March 2023 increased 3.5 percent compared to those for March 2022, from $926.9 million last year to $959.7 million this year. Net general revenue collections for the 2023 fiscal year-to-date increased 11.9 percent compared to March 2022, from 8.29 billion last year to […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri legislators heard testimony Tuesday night urging them to remove an anti-abortion provision from a bill that seeks to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage out of concern it could put federal approval at risk. The House Committee on General Laws heard a bill passed out of the Senate in February that would extend […]
(Missouri Independent) – A Missouri Senate committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would allow a school district to accept transfer students from outside its boundaries. The bill narrowly passed the Missouri House last month on an 85-69 vote. “Providing access to instructional programs and classes that may not be available in every resident […]
A tax preparer from Jennings, Missouri on Tuesday admitted preparing at least 23 fraudulent tax returns that created losses of more than $500,000. Darius D. Cobb, 51, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey to two felony counts of aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return. Cobb admitted […]
A man caught trying to bring 100 pounds of methamphetamine to the St. Louis, Missouri area was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison. Dawuane Lamont Rhodes Jr., now 25, was arrested in October 2020 with $15,005 in cash, an assault-style weapon, and a pistol when he tried to pick up the methamphetamine at […]
A Kansas City, Mo., man has been convicted at trial of illegally possessing a firearm. Cory T. Brown, 33, was found guilty on Thursday, March 30, of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Evidence introduced during the trial indicated that Brown was in possession of a Glock 10mm semi-automatic pistol […]
A Houston, Texas, man pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing nearly $7,000 in prescription drugs from a Columbia, Mo., pharmacy. Reginald Tremayne Jackson, 32, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps Jr. to one count of the burglary of a business registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration. By pleading guilty, Jackson admitted […]
A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing a firearm. Timothy A. Avey, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On Oct. 4, 2021, Avey pleaded guilty to one count of possessing pseudoephedrine with the intent […]
(Missourinet) – The Missouri House of Representatives is considering a bill that would modify the state’s Do Not Resuscitate orders by covering minors under 18 years old. State Representative Hannah Kelly says her bill deals not with how a DNR order is created, but honors the wishes of the parents and the physicians without putting […]
(Missourinet) – Driver’s education courses are not offered in all of Missouri’s high schools, something one lawmaker wants to change. State Representative Rodger Reedy, of Windsor, wants students to complete the courses before they graduate from high school. He tells Missourinet that they typically were offered during the school year. “They had classroom […]
(Missourinet) – Today is election day in Missouri for mayors, city councils, boards of aldermen, school boards, and other local-level offices. Turnout for municipal elections is usually low compared to state-level and national elections, according to Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft: “Yeah…unfortunately I’m concerned that a lot of people that are able […]
(Missouri Independent) – Early on in his administrative career, longtime Missouri educator Chris Belcher had what he called the worst experience of his life. “The kid screamed, and I felt awful,” he said. He didn’t want to do it, but he had to. It was the 1980s, and Belcher was told to paddle a student […]
