PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Philadelphia District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District will host a public meeting regarding upcoming repairs and construction at the Indian River Inlet in Sussex County, Delaware. The meeting will be held April 12 from 11:00-12:30 at the Hyatt Dewey Place (1301 Coastal Hwy, Dewey Beach, DE 19971). The meeting will focus on upcoming repair work of a bulkhead along th  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Today, EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz and Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) visited the Environmental Charter School (ECS) Intermediate School to kick off Earth Month with staff and students. As part of the school visit, Ortiz and Lee met with 'EcoStewards'- 4th and 5th grade environmental leaders - to discuss litter, invasive species, and watershed protection. The   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has announced that a NETL-led project focused on accelerating and de-risking critical minerals and materials (CMMs) technology development and commercialization will receive $75 million to develop the Critical Materials Supply Chain Research Facility (METALLIC), bringing the exper  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 2, 2024, George E. Jones, age 43, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 151 months' imprisonment to be followed by three years on supervised release for trafficking cocaine. Judge Wilson als  more

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: A resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 41 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States Senior District Jud  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that John Nusslein, 19, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit carjacking, one count of carjacking resulting in death, and one count of carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury. Nusslein was charged by indictment in June 2022 with thes  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: A resident of Sharon, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Nicholas Ostheimer, 26, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon to (1) conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 40 gr  more