CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: QUEENSLAND, Australia A Bomber Task Force deployment of U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing and 131st BW, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, has began at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia, Aug. 16, 2024. United States strategic bombers can operate in the Indo-Pacific region from a broad   more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose to 10 years in prison. Dylan C. McMikle, 22, of Jackson, Missouri, provided several lines of powdered fentanyl that the 25-year-old victim snorted early on the morning of Dec. 16, 2022. The victim lef  more

WHITEMAN AFB, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Whiteman Air Force Base (509th Bomb Wing) issued the following news release: By Airman 1st Class Bryce Moore, 509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs High school students and graduates as well as college and Air Force ROTC students furthered their studies in STEM by interning with the 509th Maintenance Group's research and engineering shop over the summer. The interns worked in specialized teams to help assist the 509th MXG RE in not only creating   more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold fentanyl to a federal informant to 12 years in prison. Rodney G. Harris, 45, of Jackson, Missouri, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl and admitted that he sold fentanyl to an individual in Cape Girardeau County twice in 2022. Unbeknownst to Harris at the tim  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who fatally shot someone in Butler County, Missouri to protect a heroin conspiracy to 20 years in prison. James Odell Johnson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and one count of conspiracy to possess and di  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose to 10 years in prison. Dylan C. McMikle provided several lines of powdered fentanyl that the 25-year-old victim snorted early on the morning of Dec. 16, 2022. The victim left McMikle's home at approximately 6 a  more