News from June 2015
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to increase membership on the United Soybean Board from 70 to 73 members to reflect changes in production levels that have occurred since the board was last reapportioned in 2012. USDA invites the public to comment on the proposed change.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Heidi Y. Calonge (34) with four counts of bank fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and one count of mail fraud. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison on the bank...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Raymond James Ripley, Sr., 28, of Newell, West Virginia, was convicted today of heroin trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A Hayden man pleaded guilty today in Federal Court to charges of Distribution of Grenade Fuses to an Unlicensed Person, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge David Hyche.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: I’d like to thank Chairmen Calvert and Rogers, as well as my good friend, Betty McCollum, in her first full committee markup as Ranking Member.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, tax preparer was today convicted of tax fraud for getting unearned tax refunds for his clients to make extra money for himself, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statements after the Committee approved critical leadership nominations Monday evening for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that his Office as well as the Mobile FBI and Mobile Police Department will host another Successful Tips for Youth on Law Enforcement Encounters training session, also known as S.T.Y.L.E. In partnership with the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park has announced that President Johnson's boyhood home in Johnson City will be partially closed for public tours for approximately ten weeks, beginning on Monday, July 13 and ending on about Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. The park is closing parts of the home in order...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced Bryan Scott Gunn, 40, of Victorville, California, yesterday to 20 months in prison for coning investors out of almost $1 million. Judge Mosman also sentenced Gunn to serve three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $939,308 in restitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, continued to call attention to the progress made and important work that remains to improve property management across the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of former Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott. Gott was indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances during the course of his professional practice that were not for a legitimate medical purpose, health care fraud, and money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Red Rock/Sloan Field Office and Central Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration invite public comment on the Proposed Scenic Drive and Parking Lot Area Improvement Projects Environmental Assessment. The comment period is open through July 15, 2015. Open house meetings will be held June 30 at 2 and 6 p.m. at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area visitor center classroom.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Earlier this morning, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke with Fox & Friends about tomorrow’s vote on trade promotion authority (TPA), legislation that will help open markets for our products and create good-paying American jobs. During the interview, Chairman Ryan explained...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tracy McWhorter, 35, of Triadelphia, West Virginia, was convicted of heroin trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced JERMAINE J. CHAPMAN, also known as “Dump Truck," age 33, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 45 years in prison and ten years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered the following floor statement in support of H.R. 1314, the Trade Act of 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Federal Real Property Reform: How Cutting Red Tape and Better Management Could Achieve Billions in Savings". Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: An international research group led by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology has developed a method for measuring crystal vibrations in graphene. Understanding these vibrations is a critical step toward controlling future technologies based on graphene, a one-atom thick form of carbon.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park will host Joe Tennis, author of "Haunts of Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands" as he tells ghostly tales of Virginia this Saturday, June 20th, at 8:00 p.m.Located in the Wilderness Road Campground off of Highway 58 in Virginia, the park's outdoor amphitheater will be the perfect backdrop for this free special program that shares stories of "sightings of ghosts of the Blue Ridge Mountains"!.
