KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 23, 2024, entitled "Kansas Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": * * * Kansas had 84,000 job openings in February 2024, compared to 80,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The owner of a steel company in Hazelwood, Missouri on Tuesday admitted committing fraud during a repair project for a Mississippi River lock and dam. Theodore J. "Ted" Stegeman, 60, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one felony count of wire fraud. In his plea agreement, Stegeman admitted that between October and December  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: A Deepwater, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for fraudulently obtaining more than $500,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Brian Ruth, Sr., 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to nine years in federal prison without parole.  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: A Tulsa, Oklahoma, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri after law enforcement officers seized approximately 29 pounds of methamphetamine, approximately $57,000, and several firearms. Jeffrey L. Hughley, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District J  more