News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: The former executive director of the Camden County Public Service Authority is going to federal prison for misappropriating funds intended for payment of employees’ federal payroll taxes.
By State Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
Release: More information about North Macedonia is available on the North Macedonia Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Ohio woman was sentenced to federal prison for her role in a drug trafficking ring, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Danielle Seagraves, 43, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that Eric Coleman, age 43, and a leader of the Rolling 60s Crips, was sentenced to serve 188 months (over 15 years) in federal prison for bank robbery and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Coleman appeared remotely in custody and was remanded at the hearing’s conclusion. The FBI joined in today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence was sentenced on Aug. 17, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Acadia National Park is on the top ten list of most visited national parks in the United States, welcoming more than 3.5 million visits a year. Labor Day weekend is anticipated to be an especially popular time to visit. Parking is expected to fill early depending on the weather.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Richmond, CA - In celebration of the centennial of the 19th amendment, Women’s right to vote, the National Park Service on Aug. 26, 2020 is lighting up the Craneway Pavillion smoke stack with the colors of purple and gold on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 starting at 7:00 PM. Purple, white and gold were the colors of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Purple symbolized loyalty, white purity, and gold hope.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Allen, South Dakota, woman was charged in federal district court with First Degree Murder.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: TACOMA - A registered sex offender currently jailed in Skamania County pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to production of child pornography, announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Eben Roberts...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, Kan. - A Kansas man was charged in a federal indictment unsealed today with growing thousands of poppy plants at his home in Clay County in an effort to manufacture heroin, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $550,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Lincoln Uinta Revolving Loan Fund, Evanston, Wyoming, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Willie Bernard Hollywood, 42, of Caruthersville, Missouri, was sentenced to 262 months of incarceration on one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned a ten-count indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Kansas man was charged in a federal indictment unsealed today with growing thousands of poppy plants at his home in Clay County in an effort to manufacture heroin, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Nigerian National residing in Indianapolis, Ismaila Fafunmi, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to money laundering charges related to a romance fraud and grant fraud scheme.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2020
News Release: UPDATE: Additional information about the Lone Star Fire in Yellowstone National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2020
News Release: Smoke from the new Lone Star Fire temporarily closes road in Yellowstone National Park.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 23, 2020
News Release: * U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia Highlights Economic Recovery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he highlighted the nation’s continuing economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
