WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 3, 2024) - On Dec. 2, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with BCP Ingredients Inc. to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act at its Verona, Missouri, facility. According to EPA, the company had a release of ethylene oxide (EtO), a toxic and flammable substance, and failed to comply with reg  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: An indictment was unsealed yesterday in Nashville, Tennessee, charging nine members of a multi-state money laundering organization responsible for laundering millions of dollars derived from internet fraud, including business email compromise schemes. The nine defendants were arrested in a takedown coordinated across three jurisdictions. According to court documents, Samson A. Omoniyi, 43 of Houston; Misha  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: A Columbia, Mo., man who distributed thousands of fentanyl pills pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing fentanyl and several firearms. Keaveon Zaniyah T. Harris, 25, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr., to one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute and one count of being a felon i  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Missouri Field Office issued the following news release: The October Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 112.8, decreased 6.5 percent from September and 1.1 percent from October 2023. At 90.0, the Crop Production Index was down 9.0 percent from last month and 14 percent from the previous year. The Livestock Production Index, at 155.0, increased 6.0 percent from  more