LACKLAND AFB, Texas, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: 2nd Lt. Leon Davis, Cyberspace Operations officer of the 33rd Network Warfare Squadron, initially joined the U.S. Air Force for financial reasons, a better life and to pave the way for his family. "I signed up for my three daughters and to be able to show them something positive-- sharing a greater purpose passing down principles and morals that they can stand on," sa  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 15 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Mark J. Lesko, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: A five-count indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Richard Dale Sterritt, Jr., Michael Greer, Robert Magness, Mark Ross and Robyn Straza with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, among other offenses. The charged crimes arise out of a series of securities fraud schemes, inc  more

MARSHALL, Texas, April 15 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Nicholas J. Ganjei, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: A Hawkins, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Brianna Clarisse Banks, 24, pleaded guilty to theft of government money today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy Payne. "COVID has been financially devastating for many East Texans, especi  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is optimizing mission and training capabilities and improving quality of life at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, through its multi-year construction effort. The current projects are a massive $388 million undertaking at three primary locations -- JBSA-Lackland, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Randolph. It includes seven active $310 million ne  more

DYESS AFB, Texas, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth saw first-hand how Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen are supporting world-wide bomber operations during visits to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Dyess AFB, and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, April 6 and 7. Roth offered praise to the Airmen responsible for providing the nation's nuclear and conventional bomber forces to meet national security objectives and for doing so in  more

DYESS AFB, Texas, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth saw first-hand how Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen are supporting world-wide bomber operations during visits to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Dyess AFB, and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, April 6 and 7. Roth offered praise to the Airmen responsible for providing the nation's nuclear and conventional bomber forces to meet national security objectives and for doing so in  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: Members of the Defense Department can view a live stream of the 2021 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference outbriefs held April 21 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The virtual presentation takes place from 8 a.m. to noon (CDT) and can be accessed with a valid DOD Common Access Card at MAWG Outbrief Live Stream. Hosted by the Air Force In  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center released a strategic plan April 9, outlining priorities and associated goals the center is pursuing to optimize delivery of installation and mission support to the Air Force and Space Force. "Everyone in our organization can see themselves somewhere in the goals we're pursuing. They are the core of our mission," said Maj.   more

MILLINGTON, Tennessee, April 15 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: To help Americans stay connected to their Navy while staying safe at home for many events, the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) will bring a virtual Navy Week to San Antonio, Texas Apr. 19-25. A promotional graphic created for the San Antonio Virtual Navy Week hosted by the Navy Office of Community Outreach. San Antonio Virtual Navy Week is being held from April 19-25. The community will have the oppo  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 13 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: The military community is a family, and that family was there for each other throughout the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Army & Air Force Exchange Service shoppers donated nearly $2.4 million to Army Emergency Relief (AER) and the Air Force Assistance Fund (AFAF)--a 1,000% increase over 2019 contributions. AER and AFAF provide financial assistance, sponsor educational scholarshi  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 13, 2021, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Area - March 2021": Prices in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.8 percent for the two months ending in March 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Com  more

DYESS AFB, Texas, April 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth saw first-hand how Global Strike Airmen are supporting world-wide bomber operations during visits to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Dyess AFB, Texas, and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, April 6 and 7. Roth offered praise to the Airmen responsible for providing the Nation's nuclear and conventional bomber forces to meet national security obje  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 13 -- The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command issued the following news: Performance audits of contracting officer representative documentation for high- and moderate-risk contracts and task orders are reinforcing process standardization and contract administration oversight throughout the Mission and Installation Contracting Command. MICC officials from the contracting operations directorate deployed the audit in early F  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with Texas-based Arrow Midstream Holdings, LLC (Arrow Midstream) in which the company has agreed to pay $106,500 for alleged Clean Water Act violations associated with two releases of produced water from pipelines into tributaries of Lake Sakakawea near Mandaree, North Dakota on the Fort Berthold  more

FORT BLISS, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: Capt. Brandon Fambro, - Farmington, Missouri native and Unitec Career Center graduate, was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the United States Army Reserve during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 31, 2021. Sgt. Dalton Skiles currently serves as a demobilization non-commissioned officer in the operations section with the 647th Regional Support Group (Forward), Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade. The 64  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 14 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following member bulletin (No: 2021-09): The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas' (Bank) Member Products and Credit Policy (MPCP) requires periodic reviews of members on blanket collateral status to determine the ineligible loan and document exception rates to be used to calculate borrowing capacity. Ineligible loan rates are determined by desktop reviews, and document   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 16 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Wells Fargo and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have awarded a $750,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidy to Prospera Housing and Community Services to help fund the creation of a new apartment community in San Antonio, Texas. The $41.1 million project includes demolition of one of two contiguous apartment compl  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: The 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron trained on responding to a chemical agent exposure situation, here April 8. The training included unregulated patient movement and familiarization with decontamination procedures. The 433rd AES collaborated with the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio Fire Department, and the 911th AES, Pittsburgh International Airport Air  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 14 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Jennifer B. Lowery, issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: Authorities have executed a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the United States. They were running on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server software used to provide enterprise-level email service. Through January and February 2021, certain hacking grou  more

LAUGHLIN AFB, Texas, April 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Laughlin Air Force Base (47th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: April is often considered a month connected to rebirth and change, and for Laughlin Air Force Base, that certainly holds true. Throughout the base's history, April has ushered in multiple major mission-impacting reorganizational events and even has forced Laughlin to contend with something else April is known for--its weather. 01 April 1957: Air Training Command (A  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, April 15 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Airman Nathan Burke, age 30, of Lubbock Texas, assigned as a student to Naval Aviation Schools Command, Pensacola, Fla. died at Baptist Hospital on Tuesday April, 13. Burke became unresponsive during a training evolution in the pool at Aviation Rescue Swimmer School on April 5. Paramedics responded and achieved a spontaneous return of circulation and pulse. He was transported to the hospital and was placed on lif  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 16 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: With the snip of a ribbon, a new era of shopping was launched at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service formally opened its $54 million shopping center, the post's first new shopping center in 50 years. The 210,000-square-foot shopping center delivers the Exchange benefit-- tax-free shopping and military-exclusive prici  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Air Education and Training Command's newest Airmen selected for the rank of chief master sergeant will soon lead the Air Force of tomorrow, but, not before gaining more knowledge on how to develop the Airmen we need during AETC's Chiefs' Orientation Course. "The course is intended to prepare our newest chief master sergeants for the demands of the future figh  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55168) involving Mid-Tex Testing, Waco: EN Revision Imported Date: 4/12/2021 EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - GAUGE DAMAGED BY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE The following was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Agency) via email: "On April 1, 2021, at 1647 CDT, the Agency was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that a Troxler model 3440 mo  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55181) involving NSSI/Recovery Services, Houston: EN Revision Imported Date: 4/15/2021 EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - REMOVABLE CONTAMINATION EXCEEDS LIMITS The following was received from the State of Washington via email: "NSSI of Houston, Texas violated 49 CFR 173.443(b) and will be suspended from further shipments. Contamination was found on shipment packages. No contaminati  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55176) involving St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine, Houston: EN Revision Imported Date: 4/14/2021 EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - MEDICAL EVENT The following was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via email: "On April 7, 2021, the licensee reported that a significant amount of Y-90 Theraspheres leaked out of the connection between the tubing an  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55171) involving Universal Pressure Pumping, Cleburne: EN Revision Imported Date: 4/12/2021 EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - FAILED SHUTTER HANDLE ON NUCLEAR GAUGE "On April 5, 2021, the licensee reported that on April 4, 2021, the roll pin in the shutter handle on a Berthold Model 8010 density gauge containing 20 milliCuries of cesium-137 had failed and the shutter handle came off  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: U.S. Army Health Clinic Baumholder serves a military community of just over 8,000 personnel, set in the remote, forested hills of Baumholder, Germany. In the small community, readiness is essential, both physically and mentally. With over 24 years of service in uniform, Diana Bluthardt now serves as the sole psychiatric nurse practitioner for the community and is committed to enhancing the latter. Bluthardt, who  more

FORT BLISS, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: Plainfield, Illinois, native Michael Muhlig was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the United States Army Reserve during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 7, 2021. Muhlig currently serves as a paralegal specialist with the 647th Regional Support Group (Forward), Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade at the Soldier Readiness and Processing Center in the legal section. The 647th RSG (Forward) assumed authori  more

FORT BLISS, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: St. Louis native Wesley Langston was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the United States Army Reserve during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 31, 2021. Sgt. Wesley Langston currently serves as a billeting non-commissioned officer with the 647th Regional Support Group (Forward), Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade in the facilities section. The 647th RSG (Forward) assumed authority of the Fort Bliss Mob  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Ashley C. Hoff, issued the following news release on April 12, 2021: In Del Rio this afternoon, Donald Ray Lockard admitted to stealing over $2 million from the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Field Office. Appearing before U.S. District Judge Alia Moses, the 66-year-old Douglasvi  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Ashley C. Hoff, issued the following news release on April 12, 2021: In San Antonio, a federal grand jury indicted a Kingwood man for selling allegedly fraudulent Native American-made goods on the internet, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff; Edward Grace, Assistant Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Office of Law Enforcement; and Meridith Stanton, Director of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board,  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Ashley C. Hoff, issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: In San Antonio, a federal grand jury has indicted a Mexican businessman, his wife and two other individuals for a scheme to defraud business investors of $1 million, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Field Office; IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Goss  more

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe issued the following news: A U.S. B-1B Lancer from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flew a Bomber Task Force mission in and around the Aegean Sea, April 12, 2021. The B-1 departed from Orland Air Station, Norway, before overflying the Aegean Sea. The bomber will return to Dyess AFB upon completion of the mission. The U.S. Air Force routinely operates across the globe to remain flexible and agile so that it ca  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $4.25 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Texas prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic. "President Biden is committed to creating new opportunities for employers and bu  more

VANCE AFB, Oklahoma, April 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Vance Air Force Base (71st Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: Before every shift, the Defenders at Vance Air Force Base inspect each other's duty equipment at guard mount. A new item has been added to the inspection -- the latest tactical body armor issued by the Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, called the Modular Scalable Vest. "The new vest is great," said Tech. Sgt. Hayden Granger,  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2021, entitled "American Jobs Plan: Need for Action in Texas": * * * For decades, infrastructure in Texas has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The need for action is clear: Texas' infrastructure received a C grade on its Infrastructure Report Card. The American Jobs Plan will make a historic investment in our nation's infrastructure. * ROADS AND BRIDGES: In Texas there are 818 bridges and over   more