SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A Joplin, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Dustin L. Holden, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark on Friday, Aug. 23, to 22 years and nine months in federal prison without parole. On Feb. 13, 2024,  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a Cape Girardeau man who sold pounds of methamphetamine to confidential informants to 12 years in prison. Dewayne K. Clark, 57, pleaded guilty in May to two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and on  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: An Independence, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and illegally possessing firearms. Demarkus Q. Shelton, 44, was charged in a 16-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. Today's indictment replaces a federal criminal complaint that was filed   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: RIVERDALE, N.D. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct vegetation management activities during August and September on sandbars in the Missouri River between Garrison Dam and Huff, N.D. The Bismarck-Mandan river reach (river miles 1325 to 1310) will not be sprayed. This work is being done to keep the sandbars free of vegetation and usable by the threatened piping plover for n  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: YANKTON, S.D. -- During September, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct vegetation management activities on sandbars in the Missouri River between Yankton and Vermillion, S.D., the upper portion of Lewis and Clark Lake near Springfield S.D. and Niobrara, N.E., and as far upstream as Pickstown, S.D. This work is being done to keep the sandbars free of vegetation and usable by t  more