There were six companies in cities associated with Clay County that received six FDA inspections in the third quarter of 2024, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
There were six companies in cities associated with Cass County that received six FDA inspections in the third quarter of 2024, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson have announced the final Parson Family Fall Festival and Trick-or-Treating event, scheduled for October 26, 2024. The event will take place at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. It will include vendors, children's activities, and bluegrass music.
Today, Governor Mike Parson directed that U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff on October 19, 2024, to honor the memory of St. Charles County Ambulance District Paramedic Michael R. Clarke. This gesture will take place at government buildings in St. Charles County and all emergency medical stations across Missouri.
United States Attorney Teresa Moore has announced the appointment of Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas Heberle as the District Election Officer for the Western District of Missouri. Heberle will oversee election day complaints related to voting rights, threats against election officials, and election fraud for the upcoming general election on November 5, 2024.
A Kansas City man, Tiger Dean Draggoo, 24, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to distributing fentanyl, leading to three overdose deaths in Missouri. Draggoo admitted guilt before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and three counts of distributing fentanyl resulting in death.
A pediatric physician from Overland Park, Kansas, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to child pornography. Brian Michael Aalbers, aged 50 and a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, admitted to using hidden cameras to record 13 children over three years for the purpose of producing child pornography. He also confessed to possessing such material.
A Pineville, Missouri woman has been sentenced to consecutive life terms in federal prison without parole for the kidnapping and murder of a pregnant Arkansas woman and her unborn child. Amber Waterman, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough after pleading guilty on July 30, 2024, to charges including kidnapping resulting in death and causing the death of a child in utero.