KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man who threatened his co-workers with a firearm while he was on bond was sentenced in federal court today for distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms. Reggie McDowell, also known as "Dime," 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 14 years and three months in federal prison with  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: A western Missouri man on Monday admitted being caught with nearly three pounds of methamphetamine after a high-speed police chase that started and ended on Interstate 44 in Franklin County. Antonio D. Braxton, 49, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He admitted inten  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From June 2023 to June 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 27 states and was essentially unchanged in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in South Carolina (+3.5 percent), Missouri (+3.2 percent), and Nevada (+3.1 percent). The following states also had over-the-year employment increases of a  more