LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 2 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Oct. 1, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after he and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit on behalf of Arkansas, Indiana, and 12 other state attorneys general challenging the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new rule that regulates phone service providers in prisons: "The FCC can't dictate to Arkansas prisons how they n  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Oct. 2 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: * * * Four communities across Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee receive funding through DRA's Strategic Planning Program * * * The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has awarded more than $500,000 to four communities across Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee in its sixth round of funding through the Strategic Planning Program. Funding for this program is made available by the Bipartisan Infrastr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 30, 2024) - Today, at Ilus W. Davis Park in Kansas City, Missouri, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister presented ceremonial checks totaling $4.5 million to the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and the Kansas City Regional Brownfields Coalition for their selection to receive additional funding for their Brownfields Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs). McCollister was joined by Kansas Ci  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Central Midwest Water Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5085) on Sept. 9, 2024, entitled "Suspended Sediment and Trace Element Transport in the Big River Downstream from the Old Lead Belt in Southeastern Missouri, 2018-21". The report was written by Kendra M. Markland and Camille E. Buckley. * * * Lead Belt, an area of major lead mining from the 1860s until 1972 where more than 8.5 million t  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: Fifteen members or associates of a south St. Louis gang that sold fentanyl have been convicted and sentenced for drug, gun and other crimes. Rapper Davante "Jizzlebuckz" Lindsey, 27, was sentenced September 9 to 12 years in prison. Andre "Luh Half" Pearson, 28, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on September 20. Lindsey and Pearson were leaders of the 55 Boyz,  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: An Ozark, Mo., man and a Springfield, Mo., man have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Robert Jason Smith, 48, of Ozark, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 25 years in federal prison without parole. Smith was sentenced as a career criminal due to his pr  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 27,058) on Oct. 1, 2024, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp.: * * * 2024 Default Service Solicitations Order Approving Modifications to Default Service Procurement This order approves the Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (Liberty or the Company) proposal, made in response to a Commission directive, for the expansion of i  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command issued the following news: By Kristen Pittman The Security Assistance Training Company's own Master Sgt. Nekoesha Taylor, SATCO Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear (CBRN) operations non-commissioned officer, was one of just a handful of NCOs across Fort Liberty to be inducted into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club (SAMC) this iteration. The club's namesake, Audie Murphy--a U.S. Army infantryman who rose to the   more