JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 22 -- Missouri Secretary of State John R. Ashcroft issued the following news release: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft recently awarded over $381,000 in grants to assist local governments with records management and preservation projects for the coming fiscal year. As specified in statute, 109.221.6 RSMo, the Local Records Grant Program issues reimbursements grants, up to $20,000, for approved projects that can include: digitization of records, shelving for record  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 22 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: The leader of an international drug trafficking organization operating in Lane County, Oregon, responsible for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine into the state between 2018 and 2020, was sentenced to federal prison today. Victor Diaz-Ramirez, 33, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison and five  more