ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 27 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A man from Texas on Friday admitted selling 1.4 kilograms of methamphetamine to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent and giving the agent another kilogram of cocaine to sell. On Aug. 16, 2022, Marco Chavira met with the agent in El Paso. Chavira believed the agent was a driver who would transport the drugs to St. Lou  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 27 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded $20.1 million in financial assistance to the city of Higginsville for the construction of a new wastewater treatment facility. The project is estimated to total $20.9 million and is expected to be completed by November 2025. The new wastewater treatment facility will increase the city's current wastewater treatment capaci  more

BILLINGS, Montana, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A federal jury on Thursday convicted two Montana residents and a California man of drug trafficking crimes for bringing pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills to the Butte and Helena communities for distribution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. After a four-day trial that began on April 22, the jury found Juan Felipe Vidrio  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 27 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By T. T. Parish U.S. Army Lt. Col. Reuben Doornink has made quite a journey from family roots in the Midwest. His 20-year career in the Army Medical Corps began after graduation from Missouri Western State University, where he played football for a season and participated in the cheer squad before graduating and commissioning as a second lieutenant in 2004. He counts duty stations with a variety of staff position  more

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Missouri, April 27 -- The U.S. Army Forces Command issued the following news: By Melissa Buckley The winners of the 17th Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition are Capts. Matthew Cushing and Joseph Palazini, from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky -- making history as the first team to win the competition twice, and also back to back. The winning duo was named during an awards ceremony April 23 in Nutter Field House. "It feels good to win ag  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois issued the following news release: A Chillicothe, Missouri man, Scott Young, 37, was sentenced on April 25, 2024, by U.S. District Judge Colleen R. Lawless to 60 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Young was indicted in December 2019 and pleaded guilty in September 2023. At sentencing, the Court found that Young had distributed methamphetamine on two occasions in Adams County  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: A man from Texas on Friday admitted selling 1.4 kilograms of methamphetamine to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent, and giving the agent another kilogram of cocaine to sell. On August 16, 2022, Marco Chavira met with the agent in El Paso. Chavira believed the agent was a driver who would transport the drugs to St. Louis and   more