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Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:Missouri House rejects Democratic effort to expand MedicaidMamtek CEO makes bailRep. Hartzler and…
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The former CEO of a failed artificial sweetener facility in Moberly has waived his right to a preliminary hearing on charges of theft and securities…
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A bank says that most investors in the failed Mamtek factory project in Moberly will soon begin receiving small payments from a recent auction of the…
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A Randolph County judge has refused to lower the $500,000 cash bond for the former CEO of a failed factory project in Moberly who is facing felony fraud…
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A central Missouri judge will allow media to have cameras, audio and video recording during court appearances by the former head of an artificial…
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An auction of assets left from a failed artificial sweetener factory in Moberly is drawing curious onlookers but few big buyers.The auction of Mamtek U.S.…
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The former CEO of a failed sweetener facility is back in Missouri to face charges that he spent public money intended for the planned Moberly factory for…
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The former CEO of a proposed sweetener facility is in jail in Missouri after giving up his fight against being extradited from California.Ex-Mamtek U.S.…
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Missouri officials say the former head of an artificial sweetener company has agreed to return from California to face charges of theft and securities…
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The former CEO of Mamtek is fighting extradition to Missouri. At a court hearing today in Santa Ana, California, Bruce Cole refused to be extradited, which means that he can’t be sent back to Missouri unless the Governor of California asks the court to order it. A spokeswoman for the Missouri Attorney General’s office says that request is being expedited. Cole is charged with diverting $700,000 in bond money from the city of Moberly to pay for personal expenses, including a failed attempt to prevent foreclosure on his home in Beverly Hills. Moberly issued $39 million in bonds to fund construction of an artificial sweetener plant, but work halted after Mamtek missed a bond payment and the town’s bond rating was later downgraded. Follow Marshall Griffin on Twitter: @MarshallGReport