KANSAS CITY, Kansas, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A Missouri woman pleaded guilty to charges related to criminal conduct connected to a federal government program intended to help small business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents, Venester Fayne, 57, of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. In May 2020, Fayne applied to the P  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing fentanyl, which resulted in three overdose deaths in Belton and Raymore, Mo., as part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy. Tiger Dean Draggoo, 24, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and thre  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 14-RC-349505) by Region 14 Director Andrea J. Wilkes: * * * The Sygma Network, Inc., Employer and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 955, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION On August 30, 2024,/1 International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 955 ("Petitioner") filed a petition seeking an election for certain of The Sygma Network, Inc.'s ("Employer") employees to determine wh  more