SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 13 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded small nonfarm businesses in six Kansas counties and neighboring counties in Missouri of the March 11, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses b  more

LENEXA, Kansas, Feb. 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC will pay $115,302 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and Kansas hazardous waste management regulations. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company generates hazardous wastes at its fiberglass insulation facility in Kansas City, Kansas. During an EPA inspection in O  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Tech. 4th Grade (TECH4) Elmo F. Hartwick, 38, of Onaga, Kansas, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 21, 2023. In June 1944, Hartwick was assigned to Company C, 149th Engineer Combat Battalion in the European Theater. On June 6, Hartwick was aboard Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 92,  more

WICHITA, Kansas, Feb. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Kansas has charged a Kansas man by information with embezzling millions of dollars from his former employer. An information is an accusation exhibited against a person for a criminal offense without an indictment from a grand jury. According to court documents, Shan Hanes, 52, of Elkhart is charged with one count of bank embezzlement  more