CHICAGO, Illinois, June 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 20, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn - May 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.690 a gallon in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area in May 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that area gasoline prices were up 15.0 cents compared to l  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Davenport man was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Methamphetamine. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, on April 25, 2019, Illinois State Police initiated a traffic stop of a van. Henry Earl Dinkins, 51, was a passenger in the van. The van was searched after a ca  more

BENTON, Illinois, June 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: The president of a bank in southern Illinois on Thursday admitted a scheme to falsify bank records to facilitate real estate loans. Steven Cook pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Benton to three felony counts of aiding and abetting the making of a false bank entry. Cook was the president of SouthernTrust Bank at the time, which has branches  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: * * * UFCW Midwest Pension Plan Averts Insolvency and Reduction of Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midwest Pension Plan (UFCW Midwe  more