WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: * * * Census Bureau Updates OnTheMap Tool With 2023 Employment Data The U.S. Census Bureau today updated the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) and the OnTheMap application to include: * 2023 employment data. * Backfilled data for Mississippi from 2019 to 2022. * Updated geography to the 2024 TIGER/Line vintage. OnTheMap is an online mapping to  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 19 -- The Missouri Department of Conservation issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * MDC welcomes six new conservation agents to southeast Missouri CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has assigned six new conservation agents in southeast Missouri. These six agents will work to protect Missouri's fish, forest, and wildlife resources while supporting the community through education, outreach, and enforcement of the Wil  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Dec. 19 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * Mississippi State Fairgrounds Unveils America250 Recap Video STATE FAIRGROUNDS, Miss. - As part of the ongoing, nationwide America250 celebrations, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson and the Mississippi State Fairgrounds released a video recapping the 2025 Great American Mississippi State Fair that was held in the capital city in O  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Marshals-led Operation 'Northern Lights' Results in the Recovery and Location of 43 Missing Children * Tallahassee, FL \- The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), in conjunction with numerous law enforcement partners, led a missing child operation in December that resulted in the recovery and location of 43 critically missing children from 14 counties across North Florida. Operatio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Ukrainian-Israeli Man Pleads Guilty to Multimillion-Dollar Fake Brokerage Scheme * A Ukrainian-Israeli national pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with his participation in a large-scale, fake stock-brokerage organization. Yaroslav Shilkloper, 49, a dual citizen of Ukraine and Israel, was a member of a criminal organization that used a sophisticated phony brokerage business to scam U.  more