BEAUMONT, Texas, June 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Stephen J. Cox, issued the following news release: Attorney General William P. Barr announced the appointment of Stephen J. Cox as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 546, effective June 1, 2020. As U.S. Attorney, Cox will serve as the chief federal law enforcement officer in the Eastern District of Texas. He will be in charge of overseeing 55 Assistant U.S. Attorneys and 65   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, June 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects and preserves all Americans' right to exercise free speech and the freedom of assembly. Accordingly, in accordance with paragraph 3.1.1., AFI 51-508, Political Activities, Free Speech and Freedom of Assembly of Air Force Personnel, dated 12 Oct 18, Air Force commanders must preserve the service member's constitu  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, June 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: A device that was developed here to help aircrew and paratrooper students understand night vision threats during initial aerospace physiology training will soon become a standard trainer across the Air Force. A collaborative effort of the 502nd Trainer Development Squadron and Air Education and Training Command Aerospace Physiology Lead Command, the unaided night v  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading a $180 million project to replace the 64-year-old runway at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. AFCEC's Facility Engineering Directorate is teaming with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Detachment 9, 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron and 19th Civil Engineering Squadron to replace the 12,000-foot-long prima  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading a $180 million project to replace the 64-year-old runway at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. AFCEC's Facility Engineering Directorate is teaming with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Detachment 9, 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron and 19th Civil Engineering Squadron to replace the 12,000-foot-l  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, June 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: The Air Force's Personnel Center Squadron Commander and Superintendent Course has gone virtual. As the Defense Department continues to define its new norm due to COVID-19 precautions, AFPC hosted the virtual course May 18-21. The AFPC course directors acknowledged a group of new squadron commanders and superintendents were coming on board this summer, regardless, and would need the   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, June 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: The Air Force is postponing promotion boards for the CY20B Colonel Biomedical Sciences Corps and Chaplain; CY20C Lieutenant Colonel Chaplain and Nurse Corps; and CY20B Chaplain Central Selection Boards, originally scheduled to convene here June 8. The boards are now tentatively scheduled to convene June 29. Previously, the Air Force announced the Master Sergeant (20E7) promotion boa  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the employment in the Houston area for April 2020: Total nonfarm employment in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 2,873,800 in April 2020, down 265,700, or 8.5 percent, from one year earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. During the same period, the national job count dropped 12.9 pe  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Albuquerque for May 2019: Workers in the Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.40 in May 2019, about 9 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that, a  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers for May 2019: Workers in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.88 in May 2019, about 11 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional   more

DALLAS, Texas, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Fort Smith for May 2019: Workers in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $19.09 in May 2019, about 26 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that,  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Las Cruces for May 2019: Workers in the Las Cruces, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $20.44 in May 2019, about 21 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that, af  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway for May 2019: Workers in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.23 in May 2019, about 14 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting   more

DALLAS, Texas, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Santa Fe for May 2019: Workers in the Santa Fe, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.36 in May 2019, about 9 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that, after t  more

DYESS AFB, Texas, June 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: Aircraft maintenance. Purists may argue that nothing can replace real-world, hands-on learning. Some may say that virtual reality, or VR, platforms are simply video games. But for Airmen at Dyess Air Force Base, TX, VR technology is transforming the way C-130J Super Hercules aircraft maintainers are learning and perfecting their craft. Two maintainers in particular have led the initia  more

ALBANY, New York, June 4 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CCC Group, Inc., violated federal law when it fostered a work environment rife with racist comments and discriminatory work conditions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed. The San Antonio, Texas-based construction company operated a construction site in Ravena, N.Y., in 2016. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, white supervisors and employees r  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced companies in College Station and San Antonio, Texas, are among nine small businesses awarded $3 million to further develop and commercialize technologies to protect the environment. The funded technologies are focused on clean and safe water, air quality monitoring, land revitalization, sustainable materials management, and safer chemicals. Bo  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 3 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., has appointed Ruth J. Simmons to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Houston Branch board of directors to serve the remaining portion of an unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2020. In her role as a board member, Simmons will provide input into regional economic conditions as part of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy functions. Simmons is pr  more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, June 4 -- The U.S. Air Force (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: The Defense Department's Cooperative Threat Reduction Program has supported COVID-19 requests for assistance from 13 nations totaling about $2.9 million, said Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction David Lasseter, whose office provides strategic guidance for the program to ensure mission alignment with broader National Defense Strategy objectives. This r  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 2: Today, federal authorities served a temporary restraining order upon Fort Davis, Texas, resident Marc "White Eagle" Travalino in an effort to combat alleged fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The restraining order was issued on Monday, June 1, 2020, by United States District Judge David Counts of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and was unsealed   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 3 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news on June 2: With each advance in technological capability, a community's means to engage with each other and their environment can reach new heights. From social media platforms to video games, technology has transformed the way people communicate and interact with one another. This virtual world, which is ever-evolving, has provided a new outlet for Marine recruiters to reach out and connect with pos  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on June 2: The owners of two clinical laboratories in Texas and Mississippi today admitted their roles in a scheme to pay kickbacks in exchange for referrals of patient DNA samples and genetic tests to the laboratories, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Sherman Kennerson, 55, of Plano, Texas, and Jeffrey Madison, 54, of DeSoto, Texas, each pleaded guilty by   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54723) involving Texas Department of State Health Services, Dallas: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE The following was received via email: "On May 21, 2020, the Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) was contacted by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) and notified that a Humboldt 5000 EZ moisture/density gauge had been lost by one of its technicians  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Attorney General issued the following news release on June 3: Yesterday, the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice held a hearing on the role of public defenders. The hearing was conducted via teleconference and featured expert witnesses who provided testimony and answered questions from the commissioners. The commission received testimony from Geoffrey Burkhart, Executive Director of the  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following trading suspension order (No. 88975): The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, of trading in the securities of OrgHarvest, Inc. (ORGH) (CIK No. 0001054476), of Dallas, Texas at 9:30 a.m. EDT on June 1, 2020, and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 12, 2020. The Commission temporarily suspended trading in the secu  more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, June 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The Air Force Strategic Master Plan calls for the service to field an agile and inclusive force. That requires "balancing desired capabilities with available resources within an evolving strategic context" and "leveraging the broadest possible set of human resources to produce the maximum number of options." In the fight against the invisible enemy of COVID-19, the ability to adjust  more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, June 2 -- The U.S. Air Force's 82nd Training Wing issued the following news: The Air Force Strategic Master Plan calls for the service to field an agile and inclusive force. That requires "balancing desired capabilities with available resources within an evolving strategic context" and "leveraging the broadest possible set of human resources to produce the maximum number of options." In the fight against the invisible enemy of COVID-19, the ability to adjust and rapidly f  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, June 5 -- The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command issued the following statement by Commanding General Gen. Christine Beeler: Our nation's war on the Coronavirus has been unprecedented, and I thank every Soldier and Army Civilian of our command for being dedicated to delivering ready, decisive and synchronized business solutions and contracting support to our mission partners in this difficult time around the world. As many of   more

SHERMAN, Texas, June 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Stephen J. Cox, issued the following news release on June 5: A 57-year-old former bank president has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Anita Gail Moody, of Cooper, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and arson today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine A. Nowak. According to information presented in court, Mood  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, John F. Bash, issued the following news release on June 2: Today, federal authorities served a civil injunction against 73-year-old Fort Davis resident Marc "White Eagle" Travalino in an effort to combat alleged fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, announced Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice's Civil Division; U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge   more

TEXARKANA, Texas, June 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Stephen J. Cox, issued the following news release on June 2: A 43-year-old Little Rock, AR man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Antonio Otero pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2019 to charges of equity skimming and was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder III. Ote  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Ryan K. Patrick, issued the following news release: A 65-year-old Texas man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in his connection to stealing millions from a Deer Park oil corporation, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. James Arthur Camp, New Braunfels, admitted that from April 1998 through November 2017, he defrauded Lubrizol Corporation of $9,256,712.54. During the scheme, Camp submitted fraudulent invoices fo  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it will initiate the process required by law to replace three German prisoner of war headstones in national cemeteries in Texas and Utah. The headstones are controversial because they bear swastikas and other symbols and texts related to the Nazi regime that millions of Americans fought during World War II. The headstones mark the graves   more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, June 1 -- The U.S. Air Force (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: Amidst COVID-19 Gen. Stephen W. "Seve" Wilson, vice chief of staff of the Air Force, visited Goodfellow May 29. During his visit, Wilson saw how Goodfellow is fighting and adapting through COVID-19 to carry out the mission of training and inspiring the future force. The general toured the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy where all branches are trained to become fire protectio  more