PLANO, Texas, May 19 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Nicholas J. Ganjei, issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: A Denton, Texas, woman has been sentenced for student loan fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Tiffany O'Neal, 47, pleaded guilty on Nov. 19, 2020, to student loan fraud and was sentenced to five years of federal probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $234,113.00  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 22 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Prerak Shah, issued the following news release on May 21, 2021: A McKinney man who ran a Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay $13 million in restitution to his victims, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. Patrick O. Howard - owner of Insured Liquidity Partners CGF I, Insured Liquidity Partners CGF II, and Capital Ventures  more

TEXARKANA, Texas, May 19 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Nicholas J. Ganjei, issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: Four individuals, including two Red River Army Depot (RRAD) officials, have been charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Jimmy Scarbrough, 69, of Hooks, was an RRAD supervisor and is charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to defraud the United State  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, May 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: In episode 50 of "The Air Force Starts Here," we take a look back at how the COVID-19 pandemic and changed Air Force training. Gary Boyd, Air Education and Training Command historian, speaks with Maj. Gen. John J. DeGoes, who is the former 59th Medical Wing commander, and has been credited by Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of AETC, as a pivotal leader in fighting th  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force is one step closer to safely and more widely integrating small unmanned aircraft systems into civil engineering operations, thanks to the Air Force GeoBase Program's sUAS office. The office, a component of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Planning and Integration Directorate, held its first Group 1 UAS operator and instructor training class   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Debbie Aragon The Department of the Air Force is one step closer to safely and more widely integrating small unmanned aircraft systems into civil engineering operations, thanks to the Air Force GeoBase Program's sUAS office. The office, a component of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Planning and Integration Directorate, held its first Group 1 UAS operator and  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center rolled out the updated version of LAUNCH, the center's virtual support center located on SharePoint, May 17. LAUNCH, a CAC-enabled site, was modernized as part of the migration from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online. The site is a comprehensive, interactive capabilities library, and serves as a portal for the wor  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 17 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Mila Cisneros, Installation and Mission Support Center Public Affairs The Air Force Civil Engineer Center and the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Detachment 4 are leading $152 million construction projects to upgrade infrastructure at Air Base Campia Turzii, Romania, in support of NATO operations. The projects will help establish an enduring Air Force presence in Romania. Cam  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: To support the growing demand for new F-16 Fighting Falcon from partner nations, the U.S. Air Force has teamed with Lockheed Martin Corp. to open a new production line to build the F-16 Block 70/72 fighter aircraft at the company's facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Launched on Veterans Day 2019, the line is the only production facility for F-16s in the world, opening three years after the company's long-time F-16 line in  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 22 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 21, 2021: Dallas-based Greenhouse Outpatient Center and its parent company, American Addiction Centers, agreed to damages of $146,613 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The Dallas rehabilitation center had granted the pregnant employee, a behavioral  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Fort Worth District issued the following news release on May 17, 2021: Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Officials announced today another comment period under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the San Pedro Creek Project, part of the San Antonio Channel Improvement Project. The project is located on San Pedro Creek in Bexar County, in the City of San Antonio, Texas and is a U.S. Army Corps of  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, May 21 -- The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command issued the following news: May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the observance stands as a reminder of the strength the Army and Mission and Installation Contracting Command has gained and will achieve through a high-quality, diverse all-volunteer force. The Asian Pacific American designation encompasses more than 50 ethnic groups, including native Hawaiian  more

INGLESIDE, Texas, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issued the following news release on May 17, 2021: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement inspectors and engineers concluded a three-day pre-production inspection on the Argos, BP's new 60,000-ton platform slated for operation in the Gulf of Mexico. The pre-production inspection team's goal is to verify that all safety equipment, components, and production processes aboard t  more

LAREDO, Texas, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the General Services Administration (GSA) and the City of Laredo announced a formal partnership today to facilitate commercial truck processing at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo by constructing Free and Secure Trade for Commercial Vehicles (FAST) lanes. Under CBP's Donations Acceptance Program (https://www.cbp.gov/borde  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on May 20, 2021: U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced three tentative selections today for new reimbursable services agreements that will enhance security, promote cross-border trade, and facilitate essential travel to the United States. These public-private partnerships will allow approved private sector and state and local government entities to reimburse C  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release on May 21, 2021: Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its final report and associated materials into the October 26, 2019, hydrogen sulfide release at the Aghorn Operating waterflood station in Odessa, Texas (CSB No. 2020-01-I-TX). The Aghorn investigation file (https://www.csb.gov/aghorn-operating-waterflood-station-hydrogen-sulfide-release-/) can now be located in the Closed Investi  more

NEW YORK, May 19 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 19-00189): TRANS TEXAS TIRE, LLC, Plaintiff, and ZHEJIANG JINGU COMPANY LIMITED, Consolidated Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and DEXSTAR WHEEL, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Gary S. Katzmann, Judge OPINION [The court sustains Commerce's Final Determination, denies Plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the agency record except as to the retroactive imposition of countervailing duties  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Sahara L. Fales Department of the Air Force officials have selected 4,676 (includes supplemental promotion allocation) technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant out of 24,721 eligible for a selection rate of 18.91 percent in the 21E7 promotion cycle, which includes supplemental promotion opportunities. The average overall score for those selected was 388.62  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Department of the Air Force officials have selected 4,676 technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant out of 24,721 eligible for a selection rate of 18.91% in the 21E7 promotion cycle, which includes supplemental promotion opportunities. The average overall score for those selected was 388.62. Selectees' average time in grade was 3.63 years, and time in service was 13.54 years. The promoti  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Irene Smith DLA Energy In a virtual ceremony stretching from Houston, Texas, to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Air Force Maj. Marcus McWilliams relinquished command of Defense Logistics Agency Energy Americas North May 18. Army Col. Raphael Heflin, DLA Energy Americas commander, presided at the time-honored ceremony remotely from DLA Energy Americas headquarters in Houston,  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following report and order (Docket No. 21-52; RM-11877) on post-transition table of DTV allotments in Amarillo, Texas: In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.622(i), Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Amarillo, Texas) REPORT AND ORDER (Proceeding Terminated) Adopted: May 20, 2021 Released: May 20, 2021 By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Video Division,  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, May 18 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By C Arce Air Education & Training Command To maintain the competitive edge over adversaries, the Air Force must select the best Airmen to train and educate the next generation of Airmen. "We are targeting the highest performers to become force generators," said Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, AETC command chief master sergeant. "In exchange for sending their best to instruct, we will return them  more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, May 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: Brig. Gen. Shawn Bratton, Space Training and Readiness Command Task Force planning lead, U.S. Space Force, visited Goodfellow from May 16-18. Bratton toured the installation and experienced how Goodfellow members train and provide cryptologic and operational intelligence expertise to joint forces. Col. James Finlayson, 17th Training Wing vice commander, and other base   more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, May 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: Airman Leadership School graduated Class 21-D, at the Base Theater here, May 20. ALS is a four-week course designed to prepare senior airmen to assume supervisory duties through instruction in leadership, followership, written and oral communication skills, and the profession of arms. Students gain an understanding of their role as military supervisors and how they con  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following joint news release with Department of Energy: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to improving the safety and environmental sustainability of offshore energy development, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Energy have entered into a cooperative agreement with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to support the ongoing  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 19, 2021: A Texas man pleaded guilty today to filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $3 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. According to court documents, Fahad Shah, 44, of Murphy, admitted that he sought over $3 million in PPP loans from   more

KEESLER AFB, Mississippi, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Keesler Air Force Base (81st Training Wing) issued the following news: One week before COVID-19 precautions were established in response to the world-wide pandemic, a new flight of trainees arrived for basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 10, 2020. "We had a normal week of basic training and then everything started to close down," said Airman 1st Class Jina Smith, 81st Force Support Squadron customer sup  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release on May 20, 2021: Federal authorities have charged a pharmacy technician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Kerrville (VAMC) with stealing hydrocodone and oxycodone prescriptions from the VAMC mailroom and from mailboxes at some 40 locations in Kerrville, Ingram and Center Point. A federal criminal complaint charges 35-year-old Kerrville resident Scott M. Bro  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 18 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following commentary: By Tonya Johnson Public Affairs My DCMA showcases the Defense Contract Management Agency's experienced and diverse workforce and highlights what being a part of the national defense team means to them. Today, Beverly Welsh shares her story. My name is Beverly Welsh, and this is "My DCMA." I am an administrative contracting officer at the Contract Lifecycle Management Center here. The center was  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 22 -- NASA's Johnson Space Center issued the following news release: NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold, along with representatives from NASA and the International Space Station (ISS), will participate in a virtual panel Wednesday, May 26, to highlight the orbiting U.S. National Laboratory's research capabilities, and share space research and technology development progress. Destination Station is designed to promote how the space station is enabling research that brings value to   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: The failure of a pilot to control an airplane following the loss of thrust in one of two engines just seconds after takeoff led to the fatal crash of a general aviation airplane in Texas, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report published Tuesday. A Textron Aviation B-300, also known as a King Air 350, crashed into an aircraft hangar 17 seconds after lifting off a runway at Addiso  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55255) involving Kell West Regional Hospital, Wichita Falls: EN Revision Imported Date: 5/19/2021 EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - MEDICAL EVENT The following was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Agency) via email: "On May 12, 2021, the Agency was notified by the licensee that a medical event had occurred on May 10, 2021. The event involved a prostate  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 21 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release: On Wednesday, 158 Peace Corps Response volunteers took the oath of office to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in their vaccine distribution efforts. Following a week of training in Dallas, the volunteers have departed to begin their mission assignments with FEMA in Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey and Oregon. "COVID-19 has exposed gaping divides in privilege, access and opportunity - not only   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, May 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Chance Babin When Chief Master Sgt. Michael Johnson got the call to report to Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service as part of the early push toward Total Force recruiting, he faced many of the typical questions a Reserve Airmen faces when working with the active duty. "Originally, a lot of the active-duty Airmen thought I was a traditional Reservist and didn't kn  more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force's 82nd Training Wing issued the following news: By John Ingle The sound of "Taps" echoed here May 14, 2021, in front of the wing headquarters building as the solemn tones played by a single bugler presented one more salute to fallen law enforcement officers as part of National Police Week. For members of the 82nd Security Forces Squadron, Office of Special Investigations and guests at the annual Police Memorial Retreat, it was a time to reflec  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36514) entitled "Canadian National Railway Company, Grand Trunk Corporation, and CN's Rail Operating Subsidiaries - Control - Kansas City Southern, Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Gateway Eastern Railway Company, and the Texas Mexican Railway Company": AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. ACTION: Decision No. 2 in Docket No. FD 36514; Notice of Receipt   more

GARRISON, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and the U.S. Forest Service work together to get excess military equipment into the hands of firefighters through the Defense Department Firefighter Property Program. One of the stipulations when getting a truck through the program is the fire department must paint the truck a non-military color. The Volunteer Fire Department in Garrison,  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on May 19, 2021: The Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint experience will look much different to passengers who have not flown since the start of the pandemic, and individuals flying out of Dallas Love Field Airport this spring and summer should be prepared for those changes. TSA is prepared to handle the increased travel volume this  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 18 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: Going virtual has become normal for school and daily office meetings. We're finding ourselves attached to our mobile devices more and more. Staying active is important to a healthy lifestyle. Don't just think virtual for work, also consider alternate exercise opportunities available virtually during this social distancing climate. Beneficiaries can now attend Virtual Yoga Classes offered by Lyster Army Health Clini  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $6 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Texas prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. "President Biden is focused on getting Americans back to work as we build back better from the pa  more