KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Cape Girardeau - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.66 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. As  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Columbia - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Columbia, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.28 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commiss  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Jefferson City - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.36 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assis  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Joplin - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Joplin, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.35 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissione  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Kansas City - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.63 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistan  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Lawrence - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Lawrence, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.25 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commiss  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Manhattan - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Manhattan, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.72 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Springfield - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.06 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant C  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in St. Joseph - May 2023": * * * Workers in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.53 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in St. Louis - May 2023": * * * Workers in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.76 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Co  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Topeka - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Topeka, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.60 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissione  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Wichita - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.46 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commission  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: CDC has confirmed a human case of avian influenza A(H5) ("H5 bird flu") reported by the state of Missouri. The case was identified through that state's seasonal flu surveillance system. The specimen was forwarded to CDC for confirmatory testing per usual protocols and confirmed yesterday. An investigation into the potential expos  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following report and order (MB Docket No. 24-176; RM-11984) on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.622(j), Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) REPORT AND ORDER (Proceeding Terminated) By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/1 issued in response  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, announced that the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) will hold a plenary session Sep. 17-19, 2024, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The meeting will be held at the Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel beginning at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Sep. 17, and concluding at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sep. 19. The draft MRRIC meeting agenda can  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: A Denver, Colorado, man was sentenced in federal court today for transporting thousands of fentanyl pills and methamphetamine through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a bus and for illegally possessing a firearm. Ahmad Rashad Rhodes, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Rhodes was se  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: A man popularly known as Kansas City Chiefs superfan "ChiefsAholic" was sentenced in federal court today on charges related to a string of 11 robberies, or attempted robberies, in which he stole $847,725 from financial institutions in seven states. "While parading as a social media celebrity, the defendant secretly engaged in a violent crime  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Three Mexican nationals were charged in federal court today after they were caught with more than 56 pounds of methamphetamine during a traffic stop on Interstate 29. Pedro Alberto Quiroz Ayala, 20, Apolinar Gocovachi Pacheco, 24, and Pablo De Jesus Peralta Anguis, 25, all of whom are citizens of Mexico, were charged with possessing methamph  more