WASHINGTON, July 4 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * AmeriCorps NCCC teams serving across 24 states to address a wide scope of housing, food insecurity, conservation and community needs * * * AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announces the deployment of 48 AmeriCorps NCCC teams to 24 states. The deployments began in April, with several more slated to run through August to improve infrastructure, preserve sensitive habitats, rebuild hom  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 3, 2024, entitled "Kansas City Area Employment - May 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for Kansas City, MO-KS, increased by 21,400 over the year in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the lo  more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia issued the following news release: The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is proud to celebrate ten years of the Mandela Washington Fellowship. The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities, and local community engagement. YALI, the U.S. governm  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: The Adair Police Chief was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in federal prison for conspiring to make false statements to the ATF, making false statements to the ATF, and illegal possession of a machine gun. According to public court documents and evidence presented at trial and sentencing, since July 2018, Bradley Eugene Wendt, 47, has been the Chief   more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: Two Missouri men pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring with bankers to willfully fail to implement appropriate anti-money laundering (AML) controls at a Missouri bank, as required by the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Kevin Brandes, 60, and William Graham, 56, both residents of Kansas City, Missouri, owned and operated multiple sweepstakes businesses and held accounts for those businesses at the M  more