News published on Federal Newswire in April 2021

News from April 2021


Preliminary Flood Maps for Ellis County, Texas Ready for Public View

News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the cities of Cedar Hill, Ennis, Garrett, Glenn Heights, Grand Prairie, Mansfield, Midlothian, Oak Leaf, Ovilla, Palmer, Pecan Hill, Red Oak, Venus and Waxahachie as well as unincorporated areas of Ellis County, Texas.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM contractor employees have creatively changed how they monitor the recently closed HB Line facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS), using existing resources and saving approximately $1.8 million annually.


Omaha Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of a Firearm

News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On April 12, 2021, Jacob Benjamin Tuttle, Age 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm by District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 84 months in prison announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. In addition...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Utah man today admitted illegally selling erectile dysfunction pills that he falsely marketed as herbal supplements for men, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


News Release: Register now for the U.S. Department of Energy’s annual Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit taking place May 17-20, 2021. This engaging, interactive virtual symposium brings together energy, finance, and sustainability professionals in the commercial, public, industrial, and residential building sectors.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Devon Alexander Bertram, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to 15 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


Woodsboro Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: Previously Convicted of Possessing Thousands of Child Pornography Files, Jeffrey White Admitted Possessing 7,000 Files of Child Pornography, As Well As a Child-Sized Sex Doll.


Navajo man sentenced to five years in prison for assaulting a child in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Kevin Ernest Lewis, 32, from Crownpoint, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced April 12, 2021, in federal court to five years in prison for assault of a minor resulting in substantial bodily injury in Indian Country.


News Release: Philadelphia, PA - The U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force is announcing “10 Most Wanted" homicide fugitives in the Philadelphia area. Cash rewards are being offered for anyone with information that leads directly to the arrest of these fugitives. The reward payment process will begin immediately after an arrest is made and all information is anonymous and confidential.


Corry, PA Woman Charged with Straw Purchasing Firearms

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Corry, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 141 months in prison for robbing a Camden barbershop at gunpoint, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


Fall River Man Arrested on Child Exploitation Charges

News Release: BOSTON - A Fall River man was charged in federal court in Boston yesterday in connection with travelling to New Hampshire to attempt to have sex with a teenage girl.


Charleston Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Christopher Ryan Christian Counts, 29, of Charleston, was sentenced to 204 months in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release for possession of child pornography. Counts pleaded guilty to the charge in December 2020.


News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24th. DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s plan to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by September 2021:


DOE’s 2021 Tribal Energy Webinar Series Kicks Off April 28 with “Planning for a Changing Climate”

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is continuing its monthly tribal energy webinar series in 2021 to share information, tools, resources, and potential funding opportunities. This year’s series will focus on how tribal energy projects can improve community resilience, foster economic development, and support environmental stewardship.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced MS-13 gang member David Ernesto Nolasco Soriano age 29, to 200 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a federal racketeering conspiracy charge related to his participation in a violent racketeering enterprise, specifically MS-13, including a kidnapping and an attempted murder.


Graves & Davis in Morning Consult: Bipartisanship on Infrastructure Is Possible Unless It’s ‘My Way or the Highway’

News Release: The following joint op-ed by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) was published today by Morning Consult...


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay March 28 - April 3, 2021. 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.


DRL Combating Corruption in the Northern Triangle

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL Combating Corruption in the Northern Triangle. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007841. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type...