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Late last week 48-year-old John Michael Felts — who was owner of Taco Habitat restaurants in Springfield and Branson — pleaded guilty to a pair of wire fraud counts related to COVID-19 aid for companies.
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'He had to have something funny, something fun, something over- the-top [in] everything he did,' Suzanne Falk says of her husband, John Falk, who lived from 1967 until 2022.
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‘He was just the rock as usual,’ Linda Falk said of her husband, Joe Falk, who lived from 1968 until 2022.
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Federal prosecutors from the Western District of Missouri say the IRS recently investigated John Michael Felts — the owner of Springfield-area restaurants including Taco Habitat, Bourbon & Beale, Hot Cluckers and White River Brewing Company — about a “scheme” to complete fraudulent applications for millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program loans.
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President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 recovery law last year, the American Rescue Plan Act. Since then, Greene County got a $56.9 million share of the taxpayer funding and plans to spend $8 million on local small businesses. So far, Greene County Commissioners have awarded $2.4 million to 204 applicants.
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County officials said that the awards announced Tuesday are just the first round. More federal Rescue Plan money will be awarded in the future.
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City leaders are considering how to spend more than $31 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Springfield-area leaders say federal funding from the American Rescue Plan is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
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"Transformational" community impact. That’s what’s on the May 25 agenda for the three Greene County Commissioners. They’ll hear presentations from local organizations who want to create American Rescue Plan projects in the Springfield area.
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On the KSMU ‘Sense of Community’ series, we’re conducting a “checkup” on how the Ozarks is doing, as we all try to move closer to recovery from the…