Rockford area restaurants received $427,631 in the final round of the Restaurant Relief Grant Program, bringing total aid to $1.4M.

Officials in Cook County, Illinois crafted rules for a permanent guaranteed income program, building on pilot that provided 3,250 families with $500 monthly.

A former Nye County commissioner was indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas on allegations he fraudulently obtained ...

A Missouri man has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to fraudulently obtaining a COVID-19 relief loan during the pandemic.

A Ghanaian national, Derrick Van Yeboah, popularly known as Van, confessed in a court in the United States (US) to being part of a notorious scam syndicate known as ‘The Enterprise’, which has stolen ...

A forensic review by Baker Tilly Advisory Group found no misuse of $4.3M in COVID-19 relief funds by Nederland, though governance challenges were identified.

The Nederland City Council voted unanimously Monday to release the results of the city’s first forensic audit, a review of financial records […] ...

More than 30 local restaurants received a combined $427,631 in February through the final round of GoRockford’s Restaurant Relief Grant Program, the organization announced this week.

A Pace man has been sentenced in federal court on charges stemming from a fraud case, according to U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin. Sean Eric Thompson, 44, of Pace, was sentenced ...

Ashli Forbes, 40, admitted in federal court to wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri. Prosecutors said her case was connected to ...

John J. Diehl Jr., 60, pleaded guilty in September 2025 to wire fraud after he admitted to defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., — A former Missouri House speaker was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud for misusing federal COVID-19 relief funds for his personal ...