KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 2, 2024, entitled "Kansas City Area Employment - August 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Kansas City, MO-KS, metropolitan area increased by 19,500 over the year in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Micha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Oct. 17 outreach event will provide opportunity for attendees to learn more about Region 7's environmental justice efforts * * * LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 3, 2024) - EPA Region 7's Environmental Justice (EJ) program invites the public to join its quarterly Community Stakeholder Meeting that is open to all community members in Region 7, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and nine triba  more

WICHITA, Kansas, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas woman on charges related to drug trafficking. According to court documents, Nicole Rae Kiesel, 38, of Garden City is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The Drug Enforcement Administration is inve  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than 60 kilograms of methamphetamine. Juan Hernandez-Guzman, 31, a citizen of Mexico who is a permanent resident of the United States, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Th  more