WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness issued the following news on April 12, 2023: Last week, USICH Executive Director Jeff Olivet delivered opening remarks at a Quarterly Update on Housing First hosted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R). The virtual event was open to the public and included speakers and panelists from Houston, Texas; Gulfport, Mississippi; New Orleans, Louisiana; Seattle, Was  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 12 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release: Most antimicrobial wipes, which are predominantly made of synthetic fibers like polyester and polypropylene, are discarded after a single use and end up in landfills where they can stay for hundreds of years and become a source of environmental microplastic fiber pollution. But, researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) St. Paul removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted in Mexico for drug trafficking April 6. Officials flew Benito Sanchez-Jimenez, 41, from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Alexandria International Airport in Louisiana April 5 on a fligh  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Ronald C. Gathe Jr., issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Tynea Lynnshay Gray, age 24, of Donaldsonville, Louisiana to 78 months in federal prison following her conviction for mail fraud. The Court further sentenced Gray to serve three years of supervised release following her term of imprisonm  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, April 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a pharmacy student and a licensed pharmacist with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, obtaining controlled substances by fraud, and distribution of a controlled substance. The indictment charges Blair Guill  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56444) involving Alpha-Omega Services Inc., Vinton, Louisiana: * * * Rep Org: Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Licensee: Alpha-Omega Services, Inc. Region: 4 City: Vinton State: LA License #: LA-10025-L01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: James Pate III HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 03/31/2023 Notification Time: 13:31 [ET] Event Date: 03/30/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [CDT  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced awards of $12 million in cooperative agreements for 49 projects that expand access to conservation technical assistance for livestock producers and increase the use of conservation practices on grazing lands. The funding is provided through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Grazing Lan  more