WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America. The civil complaint being filed Tuesday points to the role Walmart’s pharmacies may have played in the crisis by filling opioid prescriptions and by unlawfully distributing controlled substances…
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a gunman fatally shot two people and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday at a Walmart in northern Mississippi. The gunman was shot by a Southaven Police officer and was hospitalized in unknown condition, DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 37-year-old man was placed on two years of unsupervised probation for making a bomb threat at a Walmart in Jefferson City. Carl Rhoads, of Holts Summit, pleaded guilty to third-degree making terroristic threat, a misdemeanor, in September. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports Rhoads also was ordered never to enter the Walmart…
Springfield, IL (KTRS) According to the CDC, 60 cases of salmonella have been reported in five states – including Missouri and Illinois. The Illinois Department of health is urging people not to eat pre-cut melons purchased from any Walmart in Missouri or Illinois at this time. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working to…
Festus, MO (KTRS) Police in Festus say that for the second time within days a razor blade has been found hidden in the handlebar of a shopping cart at a Walmart store. This week’s discovery of the blade stuck on the bottom side of a cart handle follows a similar case on Sunday, when a…
( KTRS ) Illinois State Police say in a report that an off-duty Washington Park officer only shot a man, at the Cahokia Walmart, after the suspect drove a car towards him. The dead man, 35 yr old Jason Stringer, was wanted on warrants and had a history of eluding police in the past. The…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A labor union is asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to reverse a judge’s order barring it from trespassing on the retail giant’s property in the state, arguing that the issue needs to be settled by a federal board. Attorneys for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and Wal-Mart…
In the U.S., 154 locations will be closed, most of them small format stores called Walmart Express
Macon, MO (KTVI) The FBI is investigating after being notified of a large quantity of pre-paid cellphones purchased at three Walmart stores in Missouri in the past week. Fox 2 reports the purchases were made at Walmart stores in Macon, Columbia, and Lebanon. Law enforcement agencies report cellphones are potential tools in the hands of…