News published on Federal Newswire in July 2019

News from July 2019


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $12.53 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 17 Airports in Minnesota

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: Cincinnati - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a contract to BTP Services, LLC of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for technical support services throughout the Environmental Management (EM) complex. BTP Services, LLC is a certified 8(a) small business firm.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $1.5 Million Infrastructure Grants to Luis Munoz Marin International Airport

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Anthony Brown, a 35 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 57 months of incarceration for possession of a Glock.45 caliber pistol.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Culpeper County man pleaded guilty today to cyberstalking, unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, and aggravated identity theft.


News Release: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan today announced that Jose O. Felix, 38, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to serve 123 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Donald Allen Poling, of Hambleton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Gettysburg Music Muster takes place August 9 and 10

News Release: Free musical performances will reveal and express the feelings Americans held during the Civil War at Gettysburg National Military Park’s 24th annual Gettysburg Music Muster on August 9 and 10.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Kanawha County woman pled guilty to a federal drug charge in Charleston. Stephanie Lawhorn, 39, from Belle, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and marijuana.


Man traveling with toddler arrested with a loaded gun at John F. Kennedy International Airport

Release: NEW YORK - A California man was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on Tuesday, July 30, when Transportation Security Administration officers found a loaded gun among his carry-on items at one of the airport checkpoints. The 9 mm handgun was loaded with eight bullets, including one in the chamber.


Raytown Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Drug Trafficking

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Raytown, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for drug trafficking.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota woman convicted of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine was sentenced on July 23, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Two Arrested for Cross-Country Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: Defendants Allegedly Transported More than 100,000 Pounds of Marijuana, Marijuana Oil and Drug Paraphernalia by Tractor Trailer from the West Coast to Queens, New York and Elsewhere, and Returned Drug Proceeds on Commercial Airlines.


Language, Movement, and Sound with Artist-in-Residence Altman Studeny  at Homestead National Monument of America

News Release: On Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 at 2 p.m., Homestead National Monument of America Artist-in-Residence Altman Studeny will present a public program, “The Idea of Things More Than the Things Themselves" at the Homestead Education Center.


News Release: Memphis, TN -Davoris Polk, 26, has been sentenced to 75 months for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.


St. Francis Man Sentenced for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on July 30, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Michael Don Robertson, 67, an Anchorage physician, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason, to one count of conspiracy to commit controlled substance fraud and one count of health care fraud. Robertson knowingly and intentionally distributed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.


News Release: Marcello Sozio, the former operator of Andi Hyperbarics LLC, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber business based in Great Neck, New York, and Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty earlier today to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud banks and a customer of his business. The proceeding was held before...