(Missourinet) – The holiday shopping rush is on! Make your holiday shopping list and check it twice because consumers are looking to save. One way to save, according to NerdWallet’s Kimberly Palmer, is to know your local stores. Palmer suggests following your favorite brands on social media and signing up for brand loyalty […]
(Missouri Independent) – In May, Missouri residents applying for food assistance by phone had to wait on hold an average of 56 minutes to reach the required interview process, a delay a federal judge deemed “unacceptably long.” Yet over the summer, wait times continued to increase each month, according to data obtained this week by The Independent. […]
Holiday shoppers this week have no shortage of options with Small Business Saturday being observed on Nov. 26. Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday reminds shoppers to patronize local retailers, craftspeople, and restaurants as they prepare for the holidays. A small-business economic impact study conducted for American Express reported of every dollar […]
During a press conference at the State Capitol, Governor Mike Parson announced that he is appointing Andrew Bailey as the next Attorney General of the State of Missouri. Mr. Bailey’s appointment will fill the vacancy created by the election of Attorney General Eric Schmitt to the U.S. Senate. Mr. Bailey currently serves as General Counsel […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 197,724 deer during the November portion of firearms deer season, Nov. 12-22. Of the 197,724 deer harvested, 102,633 were antlered bucks, 16,929 were button bucks, and 78,162 were does. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 4,175 deer harvested, Texas with […]
(Missouri Independent) – On Nov. 8, Missourians voted “yes” on Amendment 3, which legalized the recreational use of marijuana, meaning you’ll now be able to buy weed, like marijuana flower or edibles, in the coming months. Starting Dec. 8, the state will begin transitioning its medical marijuana licenses to recreational licenses, but that doesn’t mean that […]
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, many may not realize a century ago, wild turkeys were near extinction. Conservation groups point to their restoration as evidence of what is possible and needed for many other species facing threats. Congress is considering the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, to address the estimated one-third of U.S. wildlife species facing an elevated […]
(Missouri Independent) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is scheduled to be questioned under oath as part of a lawsuit alleging the federal government colluded with social media companies to suppress free speech, the Missouri attorney general’s office announced Tuesday. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry […]
A woman from Florissant on Monday pleaded guilty to federal charges and admitted fraudulently obtaining two pandemic-era loans totaling more than $101,000. Lakenya M. Hobbs, 40, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White to one count of bank fraud and one count of wire fraud. Hobbs admitted scheming to defraud the […]
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a Missouri man who bilked investors out of $1.2 million to four years in prison and ordered him to repay the money. Harish Sunkara, 51, of Fenton, falsely told investors that he had won contracts with the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport worth between $750,000 and […]
A man from Missouri on Tuesday admitted selling roughly a pound of methamphetamine per week and now could face up to 20 years in prison. Justin Vernon Neilsen, 38, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey to one felony count of distribution of methamphetamine. He admitted that […]
U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry on Tuesday sentenced a man who committed a series of frauds that cost victims $285,998 to 88 months in prison and ordered him to repay the money. From October 2019 through November 2021, Michael Worsham orchestrated a series of frauds. He bought vehicles using stolen identities, took out bank […]
U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Tuesday sentenced a man who stole a car at gunpoint from a mother and infant to 11 years in prison. On Oct. 28, 2021, a woman was placing her infant in a car seat in her 2014 Hyundai Elantra in south St. Louis when Bryant Carless pointed a […]
U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Tuesday sentenced a man who embezzled $845,000 to 33 months in prison. Ryan S. Kent, 44, of Festus, Missouri, used a series of schemes starting in 2017 to take the money while employed as a maintenance supervisor at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in St. Louis. Beginning in July […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Scott D. Walker, 52, Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 11 years and three months in federal prison without parole. On March 1, 2022, Walker pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. On Aug. […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released her audit of the Clay County Collector and Property Tax System. Missouri law requires the State Auditor to audit the offices of the County Collector whenever a vacancy occurs. In July 2021, the former Clay County Collector resigned from the office and a new collector was appointed. The scope […]
To reflect estimated changes in the wholesale cost of natural gas as well as a change in the company’s Actual Cost Adjustment factor, natural gas customers of The Empire District Gas Company d/b/a Liberty (Empire) will see natural gas rates change under a filing that takes effect on December 4, 2022. The ACA factor is […]
(Missourinet) – Gas prices continue to slide downward in Missouri. According to Triple-A, the average price for regular-unleaded in Missouri is 3 dollars, 24 cents a gallon, that’s 9 cents a gallon lower than a week ago, and 19 cents a gallon lower than a month ago. The cheapest average gas price in […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri U-S Senator Josh Hawley is blasting a ruling by a Cole County judge that says the state Attorney General’s office violated the open records law when Hawley was in charge. He describes it as a partisan witch hunt: “The Democrats have attacked me on this going back to the last […]
(Missouri Independent) – When Kate Starbird got word that Missouri’s attorney general wanted her to turn over three years of her emails, she didn’t know what to think. A Seattle-based professor at the University of Washington, Starbird co-founded the UW Center for an Informed Public, which researches misinformation online. Why would an elected official 2,000 miles […]
