News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


Rusk County Man Sentenced for Longview Bank Robbery

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 54-year-old Mt. Enterprise, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for robbing a bank in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


The United States Settles False Claims Act Case With Nursing Home Company To Settle Allegations Of Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy Services

News Release: North American Health Care, Inc. To Pay $28.5 Million, and Executives to Pay an Additional $1.5 Million.


U.S. Attorney Invited to Speak At AGA’s Guam Professional Development Conference

News Release: Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was invited to be speak at the Association of Government (AGA) 8th Biennial Guam Professional Development Conference held on September 12-14, 2016, at the Westin Resort Guam. The theme of the conference was “Tools, Trends, and Techniques in Today’s Financial Environment.".


News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The executive director of the La Joya Housing Authority has been indicted along with another individual for wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


Houston Man Arrested for Attempting to Transport and Use Explosives

News Release: HOUSTON - A 50-year-old man residing in Houston has been arrested on charges that he attempted to transport explosives for the purpose of injury or destruction of property, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI.


News Release: SAN ANGELO, Texas - Following a one-day trial that began this morning before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, a federal has jury convicted Jesse Huerra, 31, of San Angelo, Texas, on methamphetamine distribution and firearms charges outlined in a May 2016 federal indictment, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: The year is 1916 and a group of "ranger recruits" gather in Tumacácori's picnic area to receive instruction. The agenda includes checking on reports of a cow loose in the mission grounds, locating and documenting archeological artifacts, conducting a night patrol by candle light, and consuming the all-important...


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 The Department of Homeland Security is actively monitoring and participating in the investigations of the explosions in New York and New Jersey yesterday.


News Release: On Sept. 15, 2016, Robin Thompson, 25, of Park Hills, Missouri, was sentenced for her role in the sex trafficking of a minor last year, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.


News Release: Tarkeisha Sayles, 36, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty to mail fraud and wire fraud, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Sayles worked at the Atrium of Belleville, a senior living center, from Aug. 3, 2014 through...


Celebrate the Dark Night Sky at  Heritage Starfest on September 30  and October 1, 2016

News Release: Capitol Reef National Park and the Entrada Institute are partnering to present the 7th annual Heritage Starfest. The weekend will be full of special events, guest speakers, stargazing, telescope viewing, storytelling and more. The dark skies of Wayne County and Capitol Reef are among the darkest in the...


Body Recovered Near Yahoo Falls Area of Big South Fork NRRA

News Release: A vehicle containing the body of Gurnie Lee Watson, who had been reported missing last March, was discovered the evening of Sept. 14, 2016, submerged in the water at the Big Creek Boat Launch, near Yahoo Falls.


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 In recent months we have seen cyber intrusions involving political institutions and personal communications. We have also seen some efforts at cyber intrusions of voter registration data maintained in state election systems. We have confidence in the overall integrity of our electoral systems. It is diverse, subject to local control, and has many checks and balance built in.


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 The Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard has announced that Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., of Panama City, Florida has been awarded a contract to continue development of the Offshore Patrol Cutter. The contract includes $110.29M for detail design of the Offshore Patrol Cutter and options for production of the lead ship and up to eight follow-on cutters.


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is celebrating Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, observed on Sept. 17, and Constitution Week, with nearly 240 naturalization ceremonies across the country. More than 38,000 ...


USDA Announces New Open Data Partnership for Public Health

News Release: Branded Food Products Database Launched with Nutrition Details on Over 80,000 Brand Names NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today officially launched the USDA Branded Food Products Database , a free online resource for families, the food industry and researchers containing ...


News Release: Attorney General Lynch will Travel to Lexington, Kentucky, as Part of the Justice Department’s Awareness Campaign to Address the Rising Public Health Crisis of Drug Addiction The Obama Administration has designated the week of Sept. 18-23, 2016, as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week. ...


News Release: A Murfreesboro, Tennessee, man was taken into custody this morning by FBI agents and U.S. Capitol Police, after a criminal complaint was issued, charging him with threatening to murder a United States official and transmitting in interstate commerce, a communication containing a threat, announced U.S. Attorney David Rivera for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: A federal jury today convicted a Naples, Florida, man of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise and related charges for creating and running a website dedicated to the sexual abuse of children.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.