SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: An Ozark, Mo., man and a Springfield, Mo., man have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Robert Jason Smith, 48, of Ozark, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison without parole. Smith was sentenced as a career criminal due to his prior felony convictions. In a se  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * Five-year effort begins today to better protect region's industry workers * * * KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a regional emphasis program to address worker safety in the highly hazardous grain handling industry as preventable injuries and unchec  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-328) on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Missouri (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet  more