WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA officials will present site updates and information about the new residential soil lead guidance to the Iola community * * * LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 22, 2024) - Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will host an open house in Iola, Kansas, to provide community members with site cleanup updates regarding the Former United Zinc Superfund Site and information about EPA's residential soil lead guidance (http more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: A Mexican national who worked with a drug-trafficking organization tied to the Carteles Unidos cartel in Michoacan, Mexico, was convicted by a federal trial jury today of his role in a $4.7 million conspiracy to distribute more than 335 kilograms of methamphetamine and 22 kilograms of heroin in the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area and throughout the United States. Luis Eduardo Pineda-Zar more PR