Thursday - November 21, 2024
*Missouri Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Thursday November 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Army Corps Allocates $22 Million for Dredging of Garrison Dam Spillway Approach
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK, N.D. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) issued a contract announcement of $22,019,171 to HSG Park Joint Venture 2, LLC for dredging of the spillway approach at Garrison Dam near Riverdale. The work is expected to be completed by August 27, 2027. Built in 1953, the Garrison Dam is the second-most upstream project of six which were built on the mainstem of the upper Missouri River and has   more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: 'Mayor' of Homeless Camp Indicted for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man residing in a homeless encampment near a public school was indicted by a federal grand jury today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute near school property and for illegally possessing a firearm. Ricky Lee Myers, also known as "The Mayor," 62, was charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand j  more

S.C. U.S. Attorney: 10 Convicted in South Carolina for Multi-State Identity Theft and Fraud Ring
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Ten defendants have been convicted in federal court for their participation in an identity theft and fraud ring based out of Columbia, South Carolina with victims in at least South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, and New York. The following defendants have been convicted of the following offenses: * Ronda Weston, a/k/a   more