News from September 2021
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service has temporarily closed the waters of all beaches at Indiana Dunes National Park due to a discharge of an unknown substance into the Burns Waterway. A discharge of rusty colored liquid from the US Steel plant in Portage, Indiana was reported on Sunday, September 26 at 6:30 pm. An investigation is under way to determine the nature and extent of the discharge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Clark, 35, of, Bath NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to two counts of distributing child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years, and a $500,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands -- The landfall of two Category 5 hurricanes within 14 days of one another inflicted damage to thousands of Virgin Islanders’ homes and put extreme stress on the territory’s critical service sectors in September 2017. Corrugated aluminum from roofs and vegetative debris piled up, thousands of homes could not receive electricity and major medical facilities were damaged across the territory.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced $2.8 million in drone research, education and training grants to five universities. Research will focus on three areas: Advanced material, right-of-way rules, and flight data recorder requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA’s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise public...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today highlighted new findings by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) emphasizing the need for stronger sexual assault and harassment prevention efforts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The findings come in a report...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A two-week federal jury trial has resulted in the conviction of the financial backer of a white supremacist gang for his involvement in a racketeering and drug conspiracy. Marcus Millsap, 54, of Little Rock, was found guilty on all counts when the jury returned their verdict late Friday afternoon. United States District Judge Brian S. Miller presided over the trial, and Judge Miller will sentence Millsap later.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Charles, Missouri to 18 months in prison today. Additionally, Windsor was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $304,296. The defendant had previously been found guilty during a four-day jury trial in May.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), announced an investment of over $1 million in five projects to help make advanced manufacturing processes and supply chains more cyber-secure. The selected projects will work to not only...
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 3684, the Senate Infrastructure Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Miami, Florida man was sentenced last week to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for conspiring with another man to pay and receive kickbacks. In addition to home confinement, he will pay $66,000 in monetary penalties and will be permanently excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA’s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEA’s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise public awareness...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Kevan Curry, 49, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $79,200 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support Paden City as they implement property improvements and transform a vacant industrial space into a manufacturing or related business space.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - The owner of Seaford and More in Danville, Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months and one-day in prison for defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by exchanging cash for SNAP benefits.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Durant, Okla., October 22-23, at the Bryan County Fairgrounds. The two-day event, featuring 120 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 22. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Oct. 23. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 3684, the Senate Infrastructure Bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,969,520 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for five water infrastructure projects across West Virginia.
