WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following Stats for Stories: * * * From the Guide to 2010 State and Local Census Geography - South Carolina - History: (https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2010/geo/state-local-geo-guides-2010/south-carolina.html) The area of South Carolina was part of the original territory of the United States. Both North Carolina and South Carolina were included in the charter that established Carolina in 1663. The two areas se  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: A federal grand jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, returned an indictment today charging a man with filing false individual tax returns and attempting to obstruct an IRS audit and criminal investigation. According to the indictment, Vondie Brunty owned and operated West Star Management Inc. (WSM), a company that, from 2005 to April 2015, co-owned a coal brokerage business through which WSM   more

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina, May 18 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune issued the following news: By LCpl. Loriann Dauscher, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Ground Safety for Marines (GSM) is a two-week course that provides occupational safety and health training to military and Department of Defense civilian personnel assigned to duties in ground safety. Completing the course qualifies military personnel for the secondary military occupational specialty of 8012, Grou  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Sandra J. Hairston, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston announced today that Compassionate Counseling Services, LLC ("Compassionate"), a behavioral health provider located in Rockingham, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle civil claims under the Federal and North Carolina False Claims Acts concerning allegations that Compass  more

NEW BERN, North Carolina, May 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael F. Easley Jr., issued the following news release: Kamel Smallwood, 28, of Greenville, was recently sentenced to 12 months in prison for accepting a bribe as a public official and aiding and abetting. Smallwood was one of four former employees of Rivers Federal Correctional Institution (Rivers CI), in Winton, to be charged in a five-count indictment on March 2, 2022. She pled guilty to the c  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Sandra J. Hairston, issued the following news release: A resident of New York was sentenced to 33 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release after a federal jury convicted him of conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina. KAODICHIMMA OKECHUKWU ANYANWU of Valley Stream, New York, was senten  more