News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


User Guide: The DEM Breakline and Differencing Analysis Tool—Gridded Elevation Model Analysis with a Convenient Graphical User Interface


Slidell Woman Pleads Guilty to FEMA Fraud

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - SCHSHINETIA ANDERSON, age 44, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty on Aug. 11, 2022 to FEMA fraud announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced before the Honorable Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on Nov. 10, 2022. The defendant faces a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, up to 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.


News Release: FORT SMITH - A Fort Smith man was sentenced today to 110 months in federal prison followed by three years supervised release on one count of Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Judge P.K. Holmes, III, presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.


Armed Carjacker Is Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

News Release: The Defendant Was on Probation When He Committed the Offense.


Taunton Woman Pleads Guilty to Possessing Cocaine with Intent to Distribute

News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to cocaine possession charges.


USACE slightly reduces target flows from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee



Illegal Possession of Firearm Leads to Time in Federal Prison for Carencro Man

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Kentrell Laday, 20, of Carencro, Louisiana was sentenced today for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced. United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays sentenced Laday to 100 months (12 years, 4 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.



Corps to host public information meeting for the Philpott Lake, Virginia Water Supply Reallocation Feasibility Study


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced a serial bank robber to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release late Wednesday, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Environmental Evaluation and Management of Dredged Material for Beneficial Use: A Regional Beneficial Use Testing Manual for the Great Lakes


Corps seeks public comments on Big Lake restoration project


Realizing Multiple Benefits in a Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project through Application of Engineering With Nature® Principles


East St. Louis Man Sentenced to 156 Months Imprisonment for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Cocaine

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Mario A. Foster, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on Tuesday,.


“VOTE EXPLANATION” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Dec. 16, 2021

The Congressional Record published “VOTE EXPLANATION” in the Senate section on Dec. 16, 2021.


News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Aug. 17, 2022, Christopher Edwards, age 51, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and a $25 special assessment by Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle for possessing an iPhone in prison.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $1.6 Billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Nearly Double the Number of Clean Transit Buses on America's Roads


Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: A man who possessed over 150 grams of methamphetamine in Eldora, Iowa pled guilty on Aug. 17, 2022.


FHWA Announces $100 Million in Grant Awards, $125 Million in New Funding Availability for Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects