KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 5, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Missouri - First Quarter 2024": * * * From December 2023 to March 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Missouri were 143,939, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 133,471  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 6 -- The Missouri Foundation for Health issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: As Missourians head to the polls today, new insights from the third Speak Up MO report underscore how essential economic stability is to the health and well-being of communities across the state. Released by Missouri Foundation for Health, the findings reveal that while many residents remain hopeful about their local economy, the rising costs of essentials and the scarcity of qua  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 5 -- Missouri Secretary of State John R. Ashcroft issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, in conjunction with the Missouri Attorney General's office, filed a lawsuit today to block the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) continued attempts to interfere with polling places on Election Day. Ashcroft serves as the chief election officer in Missouri. "No one is above the law," Ashcroft said. "The law clearly and specifically  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: A Gallatin, Mo., man whose family farming operation is the setting of a reality TV show pleaded guilty in federal court today to a multi-million dollar fraud scheme involving federal crop insurance benefits he was not entitled to receive. Steve A. McBee, 52, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a man to 22 years in prison for arranging the smuggling a fatal dose of drugs into the St. Francois County jail. Timothy L. Noll, 35, of Park Hills, Missouri, arrived at the jail on July 27, 2021, and began trying to find someone to smuggle drugs into the jail that he could sell. Noll inst  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: A convicted felon on Monday pleaded guilty and admitted shooting at St. Louis County Police Department officers. On the day his trial was set to begin, Dexter McKinnies. 34, pleaded guilty to five felonies: one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and two counts each of assault on a federal officer and discharging a firearm in furth  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here for more media resources. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK, N.D. The Missouri River Quilts of Valor (MRQV) hosted a ceremony today to recognize a North Dakota family for its military service. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) presented a replacement Purple Heart medal to honor the sacrifice of the family's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Private Franklin Joseph DuFrame, who ga  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- Although fall has arrived, a dense heat hangs in the South Carolina air. Sparse sunlight filters through drifting clouds and tree canopies, casting soft shadows on the group of soldiers that are gathered at a range near Fort Jackson, as they prepare to qualify with M17 pistols. One Soldier in the group, U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. James B. Grooms, a civil affairs noncommissione  more