Jefferson City, Mo. — Ameren’s 1.2 million ratepayers in Missouri won’t have to bear any of the costs related to the Taum Sauk reservoir collapse, under a $179,750,000 settlement with the State of Missouri announced today by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon filed a lawsuit against Ameren last December, asking that the state’s largest utility company be held financially accountable for the Dec. 14, 2005 reservoir breach in Reynolds County.…[more]

To date, the Springfield-Greene County Park Board and the Springfield Skatepark Association have worked cooperatively on the Springfield Skatepark project. Following two rounds of mediation that concluded earlier today, the Skatepark Association elected not to sign a new operating agreement with the Park Board.

The previous contract expired effective Oct. 31,…[more]

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, and Congressman Marion Berry today announced $550,000 in funding from the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) for projects in the First Congressional District.  The DRA will provide $300,000 for the Northeast Arkansas Public Water Authority as well as $250,000 for the city of Osceola.  [more]

Little Rock – Jane W. Duke, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announce that Debby Cossitt, 54, of Searcy, Arkansas, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Judge Susan Webber Wright also ordered Cossitt to pay restitution of $120,000 to victims…[more]

John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for a fraud scheme that bilked 18 investors out of nearly $360,000.

David William Port, 53, of Kansas City, a resident alien from Great Britain at the time of the offense, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs this morning to…[more]

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports nine people died during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period--from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 21, 2007 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 25, 2007. The Highway Patrol investigated all of these fatality traffic crashes. This year, the Patrol investigated 390 traffic crashes, which included 128 injuries. Troopers also arrested 115 people for driving while intoxicated. In 2006, troopers investigated 327 traffic crashes including 153 injuries.…[more]

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - All three people wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting near the University of Arkansas campus are in custody. Two men were arrested at about 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, in separate traffic stops. University of Arkansas Police arrested John Chanthavong, 18, of Fayetteville, after Fayetteville Police stopped Chanthavong during a traffic stop on Arkansas Highway 16 west near North Salem Road. A few minutes later, Washington…[more]

Kansas City, Mo. — A Prairie Village, Kan. cremation society that has been selling pre-paid funeral plans to Missouri consumers without complying with Missouri pre-need funeral laws is the target of a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon filed a petition today in Jackson County Circuit Court against Cremation Society of Kansas and Missouri (CSKM) and its directors Jim Hawkins, William Porter and Richard Wiseman, seeking injunctive relief,…[more]

Jefferson City, Mo. — While Missourians are expected to flock to retail stores the day after Thanksgiving, they are also expected to make the following Monday one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. It’s become known as Cyber Monday, and nearly three-quarters of retailers plan to offer special sales for online purchases that day.[more]

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – This week, Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee released an audit of the departments of Social Services (DSS), Mental Health (DMH) and Health and Senior Services (DHSS) – Protecting Clients from Abuse.  These departments have responsibility to protect clients who receive department services. 

DSS policy and state…[more]