Departing Kansas City U.S. Atty. Remembered for His Visual Aids
He came into the job when the Justice Department was embroiled in controversy. But he managed to navigate in the job with skill. By Mark Morris Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY — John F. Wood loves visual aids. If he…
Missouri U.S. Atty. John Wood Leaving For D.C. Wall Street Law Firm
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com The exodus of U.S. Attorneys continues around the country with the latest, John F. Wood of the Western District of Missouri, who will step down Saturday to take a job at a Washington Wall Street firm, Hughes Hubbard & Reed. Wood, a Bush appointee, began serving in April 2007. Before becoming…
Chicago FBI Gives NBC Executive Larry Wert Citizen Award
CHICAGO — Larry Wert, President of the Central and Western Region of NBC Local Media, is the 2008 Chicago recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award, the FBI in Chicago announced. Commenting on the award, in a prepared statement, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV), a subsidiary of NBC Universal,…
Retired DEA Agent Stanley M. “Mike” Grobe Dies at Age 65
Chicago Tribune Stanley M. “Mike” Grobe, age 65, of Kankakee, IL, U.S. Army Veteran, Special Agent for the DEA, retired after an illustrious career of 31 years. Son of the late Stanley Myers Grobe and MinnieGertrude Chapman; husband of Christine K., nee Miller; father of Alexa Miller Grobe, Christian Miller Grobe, Janna (David) Viverito and…
Former Secret Service Agent Jon MacDonald to Be Inducted into Maine Sports Hall of Fame
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jon MacDonald, a former U.S. Secret Service aqent, will be among nine people inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame on May 31, the Maine Sunday Telegram reported. MacDonald played basketball, football (four years as quarterback) and baseball (four years as shortstop) at Stearns High School in Millinocket, Maine, the…