News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: National Park Service. Homestead National Monument of America. 8523 W. State Hwy 4. Beatrice, NE 68310. 402-223-3514 phone. 402-228-4231 fax. www.nps.gov/home. National Park Service News Release. - Dec. 29, 2016. Susan Cook 402-223-3514. Celebrate Nebraska’s 150 with a Film Festival. at Homestead National...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: Today, the Energy Department (DOE) announced up to $7 million for eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. Under the Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Zane Wetzel, 31, of Easton, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to possessing child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after President Obama created new National Monuments in Nevada and Utah despite significant local opposition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that an Indictment has been handed down by the Grand Jury, charging Noel Rodriguez, 55, formerly of Dover, Del., with four counts of federal program theft. On each count, Rodriguez faces up to ten years in prison and three years of supervised release, in addition to possible fines and restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: General Cable Corporation, a Kentucky-based manufacturer and distributor of cable and wire, entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $20 million penalty, reflecting a 50 percent reduction off the bottom of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines fine range, to resolve the government’s investigation...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) Executive Committee (EC) will meet beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, and ending at 12:00 p.m. on January 12 (or earlier as necessary). The meeting will occur in the Elk Room at the Wyoming Game & Fish Department, 5400 Bishop Blvd, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding was sentenced on Dec. 20, 2016, by U.S. Magistrate Judge William D. Gerdes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that federal prosecutions over the past six months in Orlando have removed more than 100 firearms from Central Florida communities. Since 2001, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Florida has participated in...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: DEC. 29, 2016 -This report provides national summary data on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the largest defined-benefit public-employee pension systems for state and local governments. This report produces three tables: Tables 1 and 3 include data on cash and security holdings, and Table 2 provides data on earnings on investments, contributions and payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an investigation is underway after an officer-involved shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: Twentynine Palms, CA-Joshua Tree National Park is experiencing unprecedented visitation. All campgrounds are currently full and visitors can expect up to an hour wait time at the Joshua Tree entrance. Park officials recommend entering the park before 9am or, enter through the Cottonwood or Twentynine Palms fee stations. In order to expedite entrance, it is also advised to purchase your park pass and obtain park maps and information at one of the three visitor centers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Kelvin Robinson, age 25, of Newport News, Virginia was sentenced by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to serve 7 years in prison for the armed robbery of the Econo Lodge in Scranton on Feb. 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - The former President of Baytree Investors Inc., a defunct St. Charles company, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- The newest exhibit in Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery features twenty-one pieces of three-dimensional fabric art created by South Florida fiber artist Melani Kane Brewer. Earth • Air • Water highlights wildlife found in the area’s four national parks...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey auto dealer was charged today for allegedly defrauding more than 140 Russian citizens who were customers of his auto sales business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that LUIS CRUIZ RODRIGUEZ, age 18, of Haskell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 20 months, and 3 years supervised release for STEALING FIREARMS FROM A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSED DEALER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(m) and 2.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the White House announced sanctions against Russia for hacking into the networks of U.S. political parties and organizations...
