News from August 2022
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Derrick Hunt has been sentenced for producing child pornography. Hunt concealed a 13-year-old girl at his apartment for three weeks in the summer of 2012 and recorded his sexual encounters with her.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Wesley Cartwright, 39, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: More than $634 million awarded to 25 Tribal Entities in August The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced $105,846,128.07 in grants awarded from the Internet for All initiative to five Tribal entities in Arizona. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the grants at an event at the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona in Arizona.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - David Joseph Carter II, 22, of Powell, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 100 months in prison for robbing a local Dollar General store five times while armed.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - One month after historic flooding hit Eastern Kentucky, federal, commonwealth and local resources are working with residents of Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Whitley counties to help them start their recovery. To date, more than $92 million has been approved in federal grants, loans and flood insurance payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of a substance containing, heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Agriculture Committee on Aug. 30.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Stockton, California pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: In just the first few months of 2022, and throughout the course of the year, there has been a troubling uptick in bomb threats across the country, 49 of which targeted Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and 19 against Predominately Black Institutions (PBIs). These threats - which can traumatize campuses and communities - triggered evacuations and a broad law enforcement response.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Justin Michael Peterson, age 27, of Westminster, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to production and distribution of child pornography. At the time of these offenses, Peterson was on probation for a previous 2016 conviction in Carroll County, Maryland Circuit Court for distribution of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Development Authority of Augusta, Augusta, Georgia, to boost business and job growth by providing water and sewer improvements at the Augusta Corporate Park.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -A Springfield, Illinois, man, Calvin Christian, III, 31, of the 1700 block of South College Street was sentenced on Aug. 25, 2022, to 24 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for six counts of either possessing or using counterfeit access devices or related offenses.

By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a nine page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more partial deletions from the National Priorities List (NPL) at the Omaha Lead Superfund Site in Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Highland man who used his work history as a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy to gain investors’ trust and later invest millions of dollars with him, only to use their money to fund his extravagant lifestyle, was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Reiterate request for information, documents, and communications between NARA and law enforcement officials.