News from July 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Kansas Man Sentenced for Killing a Woman on a Cruise Ship.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I write to raise serious concerns about the growing rate of cybercrime impacting the American people and our public and private sector institutions during the COVID-19 crisis and to request information regarding the Department’s efforts to respond to the international aspect of these...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, Ridgway, Pennsylvania, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Heart of Texas Economic Development District, Waco, Texas, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. -On Thursday, July 9, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT), Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Mark Green, Republican Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska B U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Kodiak man has been sentenced for money laundering and possessing drugs intended for distribution in Kodiak.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier today, WILLIAM ART GUOLADDLE, SR., 64, of Weatherford, Oklahoma, was ordered to serve 78 months in federal prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for abusive sexual contact of a child in Indian Country, announced Timothy J. Downing, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Defendant used altered debit cards to make $62,045 in ATM cash withdrawals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Former Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputy Timothy Rock, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 58 months and seven days for drug charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 fire restrictions will begin July 9 on Bureau of Land Management administered public lands in Campbell and Sheridan counties.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Switzerland Federal Office of Civil Aviation today announced that they have reached an agreement in harmonizing domestic and international safety standards for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS ).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former acting business administrator for the Township of Orange, New Jersey, has been charged in a 28-count indictment with conspiracy, bribe-taking, money and property fraud, federal tax fraud, and making false statements in connection with a mortgage, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Oregon counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Grant, Harney, and Lake counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 11 Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: The defendant victimized four children, some of whom he met at Comic-Con, the comic book convention.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Joseph A. Porter, age 35, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 90 months’ imprisonment for receipt and distribution of child pornography. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: A Fort Worth man who set fire to his neighbor’s house using a homemade Molotov cocktail has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Due to expected interest in the preliminary Scratchgravel Hills Recreation Area Management Plan, the Bureau of Land Management is modifying its upcoming question-and-answer sessions to ensure effective public input, while complying with the Governor's and county’s recommendations on reducing group size where possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alton Dunn, 30 of Rochester, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge David G. Larimer to the felony charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.
