BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The city of Boston issued the following news: In 1973, a fire at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, Missouri, destroyed the records of 16 million Army and Air Force veterans. After the fire, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) established a regulatory process for those affected, which allowed veterans whose records were lost to use the next closest medical record or a buddy statement to meet the burden of proof. The Fred Hamilton Vet  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, April 9 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has announced Joshua McNemar as its new Chief Administrative Officer, effective April 8, 2024. McNemar brings more than seven years of experience in administrative operations and governmental affairs to DRA, after having served in various leadership roles in the public sector. A native of Vidalia, La., McNemar previously worked as the Chief of   more

BOISE, Idaho, April 9 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of states attempting to stop the Biden administration's collusion with immigration activists. The brief, filed Friday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, supports states' motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by asylum seekers and immigr  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 9 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on April 8, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "Soil temperatures are slowly warming  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Another co-founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy that cheated hundreds of members, and to making false statements on a personal tax return. James L. McGinnis, 77, of St. Joseph, waived his right to a grand jury  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing a firearm after leading police officers on a high-speed chase. Joshua L. Alley, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to twenty-one years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 30, 2023, Alley p  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 9 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of states attempting to stop the Biden administration's capitulation to illegal immigration activists. President Biden's actions would continue to leave the southern border wide open and communities across the country vulnerable to dangerous drugs and crim  more