JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 2 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news: The Missouri Department of Transportation is pleased to announce the award of the 2024 Transportation Alternatives Program projects. The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) was authorized under Section 1122 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and is reauthorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The goal of the program is to expand transporta  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 2 -- The Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau issued the following news release: Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) announces the hiring of Maddie DaMario and promotion of David McAuley. DaMario joins the organization as director, Chicago area sales office. She is responsible for selling and marketing Atlanta as a destination for prospective trade shows and group meetings with a specialized focus on attracting customers from the Midwest market. She comes to AC  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 2 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: A man pleaded guilty Monday to three felony charges and admitted shooting a sleeping acquaintance in the head in a St. Louis County, Missouri home before stealing his jewelry and drugs. Terry W. Winebarger, 52, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, discharge of a  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 2 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news on July 1, 2024: It's a Friday morning at NGA's Moonshot Labs in downtown St. Louis. A half-dozen physics, computer science and math students from the University of Missouri-St. Louis gather in a conference room. They are about to present their work to their colleagues at NGA's GAIA Lab. They have slides prepared, and everyone knows each other. It's a friendly group. Still, a few are a littl  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: The owner of an Olathe, Kansas, business pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a money-laundering conspiracy to transfer the proceeds of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking to Mexico. A Kansas City, Mo., woman also pleaded guilty to her role in the drug-trafficking conspiracy. Ana Lilia Leal-Martinez, 48, a citizen of Mexico   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: A man pleaded guilty Monday to three felony charges and admitted shooting a sleeping acquaintance in the head in a St. Louis County, Missouri home before stealing his jewelry and drugs. Terry W. Winebarger, 52, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, discharge of a firearm i  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: A St. Louis, Missouri man on Monday admitted receiving drugs shipped to St. Louis and mailing out the resulting drug proceeds. Timothy Carter, 35, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl. His co-defendant, A.D. Harris, 31, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty to the same ch  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, July 2 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: Cmdr. Travis Hartman took command of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) from Lt. Col. Aaron Kia during an airborne change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on June 27. Former USNTPS Commander Capt. Glenn Rioux, Military Director for Engineering at the Naval Air Systems Command, presided ove  more