A man from St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday admitted robbing and assaulting an escort at gunpoint in 2021. Antwan R. Johnson, 24, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge John A. Ross to an armed robbery charge and a charge of possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Johnson […]
A Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court on charges related to heroin and methamphetamine trafficking and to illegally possessing firearms. Brian K. Tice, 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to 15 years in federal prison without parole. On July 20, 2022, Tice pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy […]
A Missouri man has been convicted at trial of illegally possessing a firearm after he pointed his pistol at an ex-girlfriend’s head and threatened to kill her, then crashed into several vehicles while attempting to flee from law enforcement officers. Jonathan Good, 31, of Kansas City, was found guilty of being a felon in possession […]
A Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in Barry County, Mo. Brian E. Hall, 45, Aurora, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, […]
Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased by 1,800 jobs from January 2023 to February 2023, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point. Private industry employment increased by 1,700 jobs and government employment increased by 100 jobs. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.6 percent in February 2023, down from […]
(Missouri Independent) – After 13 hours of overnight debate, the Missouri Senate gave initial approval Tuesday morning to a pair of bills that would limit medical procedures for transgender children and place restrictions on transgender girls playing school sports. Both bills still need to be approved one more time by the Senate before being sent […]
(Missouri Independent) – Some of the biggest items in Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s proposed spending plan are in danger of being cut in the House Budget Committee, including money for child care providers, state universities, and widening Interstate 70. The budget revisions submitted Tuesday by committee Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage, cut $1.5 billion in general […]
(Missouri Independent) – The Missouri House gave first-round approval to a $1 billion personal and corporate income tax cut Tuesday, as Republicans pushed the bill through despite Democratic warnings that vital services would be starved for funds. The bill would cut the top rate on personal income taxes, cut the corporate income tax rate in […]
Every Missourian knows property values and property taxes have risen dramatically in the past 15 years, as well as the cost of rent. State lawmakers are now looking at increasing what’s known as the “circuit breaker” as well. The Missouri Property Tax Credit has not changed since 2008. It was designed to help low-income seniors and Missourians with disabilities, both […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed his amended petition in quo warranto against Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner after additional evidence has come to light. Over the past three weeks, his office has interviewed multiple witnesses who had the courage to come forward, reviewed countless court files, and analyzed over 30,000 documents and data from the […]
A woman from Missouri was sentenced to a year in prison for fraudulently obtaining two pandemic-era loans totaling more than $101,000. U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White also ordered Lakenya M. Hobbs, 40, of Florissant, to repay $101,567 to the Small Business Administration. Hobbs defrauded the Paycheck Protection Program, which provided forgivable loans to small […]
A man from Iron County, Missouri on Tuesday admitted committing an October crime spree that included arsons in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri and the assault of a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer. Lucas G. Henson, 37, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. to three counts: […]
Veeva Systems, a global leader in cloud software for the life sciences industry, is growing its operations in the Kansas City region. The company will create more than 100 high-paying jobs over the next five years across the Midwest in engineering, product, sales, and services. Veeva’s Kansas City office will serve as a hub for […]
(Missouri Independent) – The pills came in a dark salmon-colored envelope sealed with a plastic covering that traveled more than 7,000 miles, over a dozen time zones from Nagpur, India, in almost exactly one week. They were placed partially under the doormat of a home in a state with one of the most restrictive abortion […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri’s largest electric utility believes a bill aimed at reducing competition and giving monopoly providers an advantage in building transmission lines will avoid cost overruns and deliver better results for customers. In its home state, where it stands to benefit, Ameren Missouri has offered its full-throated support to legislation aimed at giving the company […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri’s Senate returned from its spring break Monday with Democrats resuming their filibuster of a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender children. The Senate reconvened to debate legislation sponsored by Sen. Holly Thompson-Rehder, R-Sikeston, that began as a ban on transgender girls participating in school sports but was expanded to include prohibitions […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office is issuing an emergency regulation clarifying that, because gender transition interventions are experimental, they are covered by existing Missouri law governing unfair, deceptive, and unconscionable business practices, including in administering healthcare services. The regulation is necessary due to the skyrocketing number of gender transition interventions, despite […]
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Cameron Melton Malone, 30, of Sikeston, Missouri, was sentenced Monday to serve a total aggregate sentence of 125 months (10.4 years) in federal prison for the offenses of felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Malone appeared for his sentencing hearing before U.S. […]
A former Missouri state employee on Monday admitted abusing her position to send $140,500 in unearned unemployment benefits to friends, relatives, and others. Vicky Hefner, 63, of Jefferson County, Missouri, was working for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Employment Security as a benefit program specialist at the time of the crimes, […]
A woman from Missouri was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for engaging in a scheme to deposit tens of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit checks created with information from stolen U.S. mail. U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig also ordered Tyra G. Robinson, 21, of Hillsdale, in St. Louis County, to […]
