(Missouri Independent) – As much as two-thirds of North America could face shortages of electricity this summer in the event of severe and protracted heat, according to the regulator in charge of setting and enforcing standards for the electric grid. “Increased, rapid deployment of wind, solar, and batteries have made a positive impact,” said Mark […]
State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick announced that his office will continue and complete an audit of the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office that originally began in June of 2021. Despite Gardner’s abrupt resignation and her numerous attempts to ignore and delay the release of requested records, Auditor Fitzpatrick said the State Auditor’s Office will work to […]
The Justice Department announced that it has secured a settlement from a St. Louis, Missouri landlord, who has agreed to pay $110,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that he violated the Fair Housing Act when he sexually harassed multiple female tenants. Under the agreement, subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern […]
A St. Louis County, Missouri teen was indicted Wednesday and accused of being captured on video carjacking a Mazda 3 in St. Louis earlier this month. A grand jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis indicted Ahdaejay Britton, 18, of Bel-Ridge, on one felony count of carjacking and one count of possession and brandishing […]
A St. Joseph, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court to using the stolen identities of prison inmates to fraudulently obtain federal unemployment benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Brooke Stewart, 38, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to one count of stealing government property. By pleading […]
A Kansas City, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than 60 kilograms of methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Juan Hernandez-Guzman, 30, a citizen of Mexico, was charged in a four-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., […]
A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for the armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver, after a suspect involved in the robbery was killed during a shootout with police officers. Samuel M. David, 20, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to 12 years and three months in federal […]
(Missourinet) – In the era of increased school threats, the push to help keep Missouri schools safe will soon involve the push of an SOS button. Missouri is offering a mobile panic button app to the state’s public schools to rapidly alert staff and 911 when there is an emergency. SECURE could be pressed to […]
(Missouri Independent) – A few days before the unofficial marijuana holiday of April 20, as retailers prepared for the biggest sales day since legalization, Austin Monroe says he was fired by Shangri La South dispensary in Columbia. Monroe is one of 16 employees of the cannabis dispensary who signed an organizing petition seeking union representation by Local […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 18 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden Administration’s proposed standards which would regulate the types of refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers Americans can use or buy. Ninety-five percent of “standard-size refrigerator-freezers, which account for approximately 70 percent of total annual shipments,” would not meet the Biden […]
Two Missouri local public health agencies are now offering mobile clinic and WIC services in more towns across Saline and Taney counties. Prior to the change, recipients of Missouri WIC benefits only had one option: travel to a single location in their area that offered services. Those services include health checkups for infants and children, […]
A business owner from St. Charles County, Missouri on Thursday was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in federal prison for using employees’ tax money for college tuition and mortgage payments on two houses. U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark also ordered Jeffrey M. Bauza, 55, of Weldon Spring to pay back $1.4 million that he […]
The former assistant city clerk of Flordell Hills, Missouri was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing $159,903 from the struggling city. U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel also ordered Donna Thompson, 76, to repay the money. Thompson is the second former employee of Flordell Hills to be sentenced […]
U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis, Missouri man who robbed a St. Louis gas station convenience store at gunpoint and tried to rob another business to 57 months in prison. On July 15, 2019, Kevin L. Gordon, 42, robbed the convenience store at 5003 Natural Bridge Avenue at gunpoint, […]
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis County, Missouri felon caught with two guns to 57 months in prison. Travis L. Robinson, 26, also agreed to forfeit an AR-15-style pistol and a .40 caliber Glock handgun. Both guns were found after Normandy police were called to an apartment building in […]
Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased by 4,700 jobs in April 2023 from March 2023, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.5 percent. Private industry employment increased by 3,700 jobs and government employment increased by 1,000 jobs. Over the year, there was an increase of 59,900 jobs from April 2022 to April 2023, […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey terminated his emergency rule on gender-affirming care Tuesday — less than a week after the state legislature sent a ban on minors starting treatment to the governor’s desk. The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit in late April seeking to block Bailey’s emergency rule, alleging the attorney general […]
Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick announced that a regularly scheduled audit of Vernon County, which is located in western Missouri, is now underway. The State Auditor’s Office last audited Vernon County in 2016. The previous audit issued the county an overall performance rating of “good.” However, the report did identify weaknesses in the county’s cybersecurity and […]
U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a former postal worker who stole cash and gift cards from mail in the Poplar Bluff, Missouri area to probation and ordered her to pay restitution. Brittney D. Bulliner, 29, was caught in a sting stealing Walmart gift cards and a gift card for Kohl’s […]
U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis, Missouri man to 28 years and three months in prison for a “rampage” that involved carjackings, burglaries, and a home invasion in May of 2021. Drew Clark, 37, started his spree by stealing a man’s Jeep Cherokee at Union Station in St. Louis […]
