WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Dec. 3, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke at a program commemorating the 30th anniversary of agency's police reform statute: * * * What a great program. I just want to thank all of you for being a part of this really urgent conversation and close with some observations based on what we heard from our speakers today. One, this work is about principles that lie at the heart of our democracy. It  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 6 -- The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission issued the following news: HANNIBAL - During its regular meeting on December 4, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded the following contract in the Northeast District. A $2M contract was awarded to E & C Bridge, LLC for bridge replacement projects in Audrain and Montgomery counties at the following locations: * Route K - over Hickory Creek near Farber in Audrain County. * Route ZZ -   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Thursday sentenced a man who helped launder millions of dollars obtained in fraud schemes to three years in prison and ordered him to repay $2.3 million. Richard Charles Appelbaum III, 40, of Maryland Heights, pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. He admitted consp  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Thursday sentenced Cameron L. Robinson, 31, of Sikeston, Missouri, to 10 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl. Court documents reflect that in March 2023, law enforcement officers responded to Robinson's residence in Sikeston to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. While on the premises, o  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: Three men have pleaded guilty in federal court and admitted conducting thousands of sales of anabolic steroids. David Underwood, 44, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis Thursday to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute anabolic steroids. Andrew Moore, 39, pleaded guilty to that charge Mond  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 6 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news on Dec. 5, 2024: SIKESTON-The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19 to discuss the Route 60 conceptual study in New Madrid and Scott Counties. The meeting will be held at MoDOT's Southeast District Office, located at 2675 North Main Street in Sikeston, Missouri. This study includes an 11-mile section of U.S. Route 60 from the I-55  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: New bill offers meaningful guardrails to promote competition, protect national security Today, Senator Eric Schmitt and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the bipartisan Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act to ensure that the Department of Defense (DOD)'s procurement of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing tools prioritizes resiliency and competition. The bill offers meanin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of  more