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Federal Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Thursday February 29, 2024 ( 2 items )  

EPA Region 7 Grantee Seeks to Decrease Children's Exposure to Lead & Pesticides in Vulnerable St. Louis Communities
LENEXA, Kansas, Feb. 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Children's Mercy researcher and team will conduct outreach activities aimed at improving environmental conditions that promote positive health outcomes * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 has awarded Children's Mercy Region 7 Director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit Dr. Elizabeth Friedman a one-year, $40,000 cooperative agreement grant to cond  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: KC Chiefs 'Superfan' Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery, Money Laundering
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: A man popularly known as Kansas City Chiefs superfan "ChiefsAholic" pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges related to a string of 11 robberies, or attempted robberies, of financial institutions in seven states. "His violent crime spree across the Midwest and beyond traumatized bank employees and victimized financial institutions in  more