News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Thaddeus Emrys Richardson, 29, of McMechen, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today for crack cocaine trafficking in Ohio County, West Virginia in August 2014, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Huntington, W.VA. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Keith Cornell McKinney, also known as “Tony," 32, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of heroin.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today published a proposed revision to its Eye and Face Protection Standards that updates personal protective equipment requirements in the agency's general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring, marine terminals and construction standards.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Charles Randall Whitson, 54, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced on Mar. 16, 2015, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 87 months in federal prison. Whitson was previously convicted of conspiracy to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, 280 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base (“crack"). There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: FAIRFIELD, Ohio - A 53-year-old bowling alley worker was asphyxiated when his hooded sweatshirt was caught in a pinsetter at Northwest Lanes in Fairfield because the machine's operating parts were improperly exposed, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: The Gettysburg National Military Park of the National Park Service, in cooperation with the non-profit National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) announced today the establishment of a program to host three different artists for 1-month Residencies at the Park. The artists, which will be selected by National...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released an annual aviation forecast that shows the nation’s aviation system will continue to grow over the next two decades with greater numbers of people expected to fly more miles each year.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2015 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program at Catoctin Mountain Park.This is an exciting opportunity for high school students to spend their summer doing meaningful work in a National Park!The YCC program lasts for eight weeks beginning on June 22, 2015 and ending on Aug. 14, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. March 16, 2015 15-015. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. National Park Service and State of Montana Seek Public Input...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
Release: Wichita, KN, March 16, 2015 - In a speech at the National Farmers Union Convention today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of $96.8 million in grants to fund innovative projects designed to support specialty crop producers, local food entrepreneurs, and farm to school efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Sandi Marie Hollifield, 49, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to theft from a program receiving federal funds, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina has returned an indictment against a Raleigh, North Carolina, resident for one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, 17 counts of presenting false claims to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), three counts of wire...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing to review the President’s budget request for foreign assistance. The hearing is entitled “The FY 2016 Budget Request: Assessing U.S. Foreign Assistance Effectiveness.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka business owner who pleaded guilty to writing more than 5,000 insufficient fund checks in a check kiting scheme was sentenced Monday to 37 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The defendant was ordered to pay more than $538,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: FARGO - The Executive Office of United States Attorneys has selected Christopher C. Myers to serve as Acting United States Attorney pending the confirmation of a presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Christian Olivier DeLaurentiis Also Awaits Sentencing in Washington County for Murder and Dismemberment of His Bank Robbery Accomplice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Linked to Crime by DNA After He Shed Burning Pants.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: LA BELLE, Mo. - A 35-year-old worker doing maintenance on an overhead door's pulleys died after he fell off a 12-foot ladder onto a concrete floor at a dairy farm in La Belle, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has concluded. An OSHA investigation of the Sept. 1, 2014, incident identified eight serious safety violations, including failing to de-energize equipment, confined space and chemical hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Nova Southeastern University. Inspection site: 3301 College Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314. Date inspection initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the investigation on Nov. 5, 2014, after receiving a complaint about faculty...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Scott Green, 46, of Clarksburg, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for drug trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
