News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Antoine Clark, 31, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $1,700 fine by United States District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert for multiple narcotics offenses related to his role in leading an almost around-the-clock drug delivery service for several years in South Philadelphia.


Notice of Flight Operations September 2020

News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the following upcoming flight plans.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS SOTO, also known as “Puchie," 39, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking firearms.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $15.9 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Oklahoma Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury today found Raymond Lee Kelly (52, Cocoa, FL) guilty of possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. Because of his extensive criminal record, which includes drug trafficking convictions, resisting arrest with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Preservation Project Planned for Andrew Johnson National Cemetery

News Release: Greeneville, TN - A major construction project for the preservation of the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery is scheduled to begin Sept. 14, 2020.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Aug. 16 - Aug. 22, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $2.8 Million in Infrastructure Grants to West Virginia Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging MICHAEL ALLEN BURRELL, 40, with one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. BURRELL was ordered to remain in custody following a detention and arraignment hearing held today before Magistrate Judge Tony N. Leung, in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, Osie Lee Davis., a 49-year-old resident of Troy, Alabama, was sentenced to 360 months in prison following federal gun and drug convictions, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., ATF Acting Special Agent in Charge Toby C. Taylor, and Troy Police Chief Randall Barr. Davis was also ordered to serve six years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $2.3 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Utah Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $9.7 Million in Infrastructure Grants to South Carolina Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


Recreation area temporarily closes due to water leak

News Release: St. George, Utah - The Red Cliffs Recreation Area of the BLM's Red Cliffs National Conservation ARea is temporarily closed due to a water line leadk, but will reopen Sept. 4 for the Labor Day weekend.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $6.5 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Vermont Airports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $4 Million in CARES Act Funding to Capitalize Revolving Loan Fund to Help Small Businesses in Wisconsin Respond to Coronavirus

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Kenosha Area Business Alliance, Inc., Kenosha, Wisconsin to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin.


News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations today released the following...


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jennifer D’Hulster, 37, of Coatesville, PA; Zachary Gathercole, 30, of Sadsburyville, PA; Ashley Harrington, 30, of West Chester, PA; and Anthony Schweitzer, 20, also of Coatesville, PA, were charged by Complaint with fraudulently...


JUDGE SENTENCES ST. LOUIS MAN FOR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL

News Release: St. Louis, MO - United States District Judge E. Richard Webber has sentenced Nicholas Simmons, 37, of St. Louis, MO, to 46 months and three years of supervised release for distribution of fentanyl. Simmons pleaded guilty in June.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.