KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 3 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release: The owner of an Olathe, Kansas, business pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a money-laundering conspiracy to transfer the proceeds of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking to Mexico. A Kansas City, Mo., woman also pleaded guilty to her role in the drug-trafficking conspiracy. Ana Lilia Leal-Martinez, 48, a citizen of Mexico residi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 3 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release: A Newtown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in conspiracies to distribute fentanyl in northwest Missouri and to wire the proceeds of drug trafficking to Mexico. Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to nine years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Coltrain t  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement (https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1358961/dl) to resolve the department's investigation into race and disability discrimination in Wichita Public Schools, Kansas' largest school district. Under the settlement, the district will revise practices to prevent discrimination in discipline and referrals of students to law enforcement, end the use of se  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Defendant Pleads Guilty to Numerous Export Control and Money Laundering Violations Douglas Edward Robertson, 56, of Olathe, Kansas, the former vice president of KanRus Trading Company Inc., pleaded guilty today for his role in a years-long conspiracy to circumvent U.S. export laws by filing false export forms with the U.S. government and, after Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in Febr  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: A Newtown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in conspiracies to distribute fentanyl in northwest Missouri and to wire the proceeds of drug trafficking to Mexico. Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to nine years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Coltrain to forfeit   more

MCONNELL AFB, Kansas, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: By Airman Paula Arce, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs A 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-46A Pegasus executed the world's first nonstop, KC-46A Pegasus westbound circumnavigation endurance flight, called Project Magellan, June 29-July 1 starting and finishing here. This flight was the latest Maximum Endurance Operation (MEO) for the KC-46A Pegasus, Air Mobility Command's  more