LAUGHLIN AFB, Texas, May 16 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Jet Fabara, 340th Flying Training Group Public Affairs Lt. Col. Christine van Weezendonk assumed command of the 96th Flying Training Squadron from Col. James Browning at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on May 5 during a ceremony officiated by Col. Kyle Goldstein, 340th Flying Training Group commander. Formerly the assistant operations officer of the Undergr  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, May 16 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Education and Training Command Commander, Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, relieved the 19th Air Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Phillip A. Stewart, from command on May 9 due to a loss of confidence in his ability to lead, related to alleged misconduct which is currently under investigation. Lt. Gen. Robinson determined new leadership was necessary to ensure good  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Joe Bela, AFIMSC Public Affairs Dominant logistic capabilities that traverse the air and ground are key to the agility and lethality of a superior force. That's what the transportation teams at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center bring to bear by manning, training and equipping transportation personnel across the Air Force. In recognition of Natio  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Joe Bela, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Public Affairs Dominant logistic capabilities that traverse the air and ground are key to the agility and lethality of a superior force. That's what the transportation teams at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center bring to bear by manning, training and equipping transportation personnel acr  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: On Tuesday, May 16, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith recognized Susan Copeland for more than 30 years leading national service programs in Waco, Texas. Copeland leads Heart of Texas, part of AmeriCorps RSVP network, helping older Americans connect and create change in their communities. Smith presented Copeland with a Distinguished Service Award, including a framed letter he signed and keepsake AmeriCorps CEO Challenge Coin, in   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, co-hosted a grant announcement with OneStar Foundation this week in Dallas. During this event, 11 local Dallas organizations received awards totaling more than $16 million to improve health and well-being, inspire learning and increase access to care. Equal Heart, American Heart Association, Christus Health and OneStar Foundation along with   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 16 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: Team members with U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity participated in an arctic conditions assessment of its Freeze-Dried Plasma (FDP) program recently, partnering with the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Wainwright, Alaska to assess performance of its plasma kits as part of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) exercise last month. During the assessment in Alaska, 11th Airborne Divisi  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 17 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news on May 16, 2023: Security Force Assistance Brigade Advisors participated in a five-day Prolonged Field Care Course taught by Raven Medical in Maxton, N.C., May 08-12, 2023. The course is designed for medical and non-medical SFAB personnel, providing them with critical care techniques in different scenarios that equip them to stabilize and sustain a patient for an extended period of time. "The SFAB Prolonged Field Ca  more

HARLINGEN, Texas, May 18 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Maj. William Wratee, 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Over the past two years, Lt. Col. Beatriz Florez has traveled over 2,300 miles from the Pacific Northwest to attend battle assemblies in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. Every month and for two weeks during the summer, she embarked on this journey to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to command the battalion where her career began. The 319t  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: Over the 10 years ended March 2023, nonfarm employment in the Austin-Round Rock, Texas, metropolitan area increased 49.9 percent, the highest percentage increase among the nation's 51 large metropolitan areas (those with a population of at least 1 million in the 2010 Census). There were increases over 35.0 percent in three other large areas: Nashville-Davi  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Nine of the nation's 15 fastest-growing cities were in the South, according to Vintage 2022 Population Estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Of the nine fastest-growing cities in the South, six were in Texas. New estimates for metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas and for housing units at the national, state and county levels were also released today. Heading South:  more

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 16 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Houston Division issued the following news release: A 21-year-old San Benito resident has been indicted for assaulting federal agents with his vehicle, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. A federal grand jury returned the three-count indictment today. According to the charges, on May 2, authorities attempted t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 16 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: * * * Bartender Loses Job After Informing Management That She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges * * * Corner Bar, which operates on South Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, discriminated against a female bartender by reducing her hours and terminating her because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 17 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: Army & Air Force Exchange Service shoppers' generosity continues to help lift up service members, retirees and military families. In 2022, Exchange shoppers donated more than $1.5 million to Army Emergency Relief (AER) and the Air Force Assistance Fund (AFAF). AER and AFAF provide financial assistance, sponsor scholarships for military family members and offer community programs   more

DALLAS, Texas, May 16 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: In response to the recent devastation caused by severe storms and tornadoes in Arkansas, the Mississippi Delta and Northeast Mississippi, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) has donated $1 million to assist with relief and recovery efforts in the affected regions. FHLB Dallas made the following donations: * $125,000 to Eight Da  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * In a new op-ed, President Biden announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is taking new action to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and maximize the benefits of the law, reducing gun violence and saving lives. The op-ed also honors the lives of those killed one year ago in the Buffalo, New York shooting, and the Uvalde, Texas shooting which came less than two weeks later. Last year, President Bid  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 19, 2023: A Texas businessman pleaded guilty today to filing a false 2015 corporate tax return for his company. According to court documents, Martin Skolnik owned and operated Houston-based Spartan Metals Inc. (Spartan), a company that bought and resold scrap metal, for more than 30 years. On several occasions between 2014 and 2017, Skolnik directed customers to wire payments to his personal bank acco  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 23-civ-01025; N.D. Texas, filed May 9, 2023) involving Daniel E. Levin: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against Daniel E. Levin, from Dallas-Fort Worth, with acting as an unregistered broker-dealer. According to the SEC's complaint filed on May 9, 2023, Levin solicited investors to purchase approximately $2.6 million worth of units in a fund he controlled, t  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56506) involving Acuren Inspection Inc., La Porte, Texas: * * * Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services Licensee: Acuren Inspection Inc Region: 4 City: La Porte State: TX License #: L01774 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Randall Redd HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 05/06/2023 Notification Time: 00:52 [ET] Event Date: 05/05/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [CDT] Last Update   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56514) involving CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas: * * * Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services Licensee: Chi St Lukes Hlth Baylor Clg of Med Region: 4 City: Houston State: TX License #: L-06661 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Art Tucker HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 05/10/2023 Notification Time: 13:20 [ET] Event Date: 05/09/202  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56498) involving Quantum Technical Services LLC, Houston, Texas: * * * Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services Licensee: Quantum Technical Services LLC Region: 4 City: Houston State: TX License #: 06406 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Arthur Tucker HQ OPS Officer: John Russell Notification Date: 05/02/2023 Notification Time: 17:04 [ET] Event Date: 05/02/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [CD  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56507) involving Shell Chemical LP, Deer Park, Texas: * * * Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services Licensee: Shell Chemical LP Region: 4 City: Deer Park State: TX License #: L04933 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Arthur L Tucker HQ OPS Officer: John Russell Notification Date: 05/06/2023 Notification Time: 15:34 [ET] Event Date: 05/04/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [CDT] Last Update Dat  more

MCALLEN, Texas, May 19 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: A South Carolina man and a Georgia woman have been ordered to prison following their conviction of smuggling drugs through McAllen, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Joseph Gray, Jr., 47, pleaded guilty Sept 12, 2022, to conspiracy to distribute meth, while Jasmine Cecelia Dorsey, 28, entered here plea Feb. 1, 2022, to importing meth. To  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Leigha Simonton, issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: A fentanyl trafficker tied to the rash of juvenile overdoses in Carrollton and Flower Mound pleaded guilty today to a drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Magaly Mejia Cano, 29, was charged via criminal complaint in February. On Tuesday she pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging her wi  more

MCALLEN, Texas, May 16 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023:: A 22-year-old resident of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to importing cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Felipe Abad Medina-Rubio admitted he attempted to smuggle approximately four kilograms of cocaine into the United States through the Hidalgo port of entry. On Dec. 2. 2022, he arrived at the checkpoint, at which time h  more

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 18 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: A 42-year-old Harlingen resident has pleaded guilty to smuggling a firearm linked to the March 3 incident involving the murder and kidnapping of U.S. Citizens in Matamoras, Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Roberto Lugardo Moreno Jr. pleaded guilty today to aiding the smuggling of a firearm into Mexico knowing it was intended f  more

MCALLEN, Texas, May 16 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: A local man has admitted he paid a prison guard to smuggle contraband into the La Villa Detention Center (LVDC), announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Abel Angel Solis, 24, Pharr, admitted he paid Jose Martin Espinoza, 36, Mercedes, to smuggle cellular phones into LVDC. Espinoza entered his plea April 24. On May 17, 2022, Espinoza attempted t  more

TYNDALL AFB, Florida, May 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Tyndall Air Force Base (325th Fighter Wing) issued the following news on May 16, 2023: By Airman 1st Class Zachary Nordheim, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs In preparation for the incoming F-35A Lightning II fighter mission, local civic leaders and Airmen from Team Tyndall had the unique opportunity to tour the Lockheed Martin F-35 production facility in Fort Worth Dallas, Texas, April 26, 2023. During the tour members were given briefings   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on May 19, 2023: A Texas man was sentenced today for assaulting law enforcement resulting in bodily injury related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Donald Hazard, 44, of Hurst, Texas, was   more

SHERMAN, Texas, May 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas issued the following news release on May 19, 2023: A Denton physician has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs today. Stanley Charles Evans, 63, pleaded guilty on Sep. 12, 2022, to conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances and health care fraud and was sentenced to 40 months in federal  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 22-00041-105) on May 9, 2023, entitled "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System in Temple." Here are excerpts: * * * Report Overview This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Centra  more

SEATTLE, Washington, May 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Nick Brown, issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: A former Washington State resident who now resides in Texas was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 30 months in prison for Aggravated Identity Theft and Bank Fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Jeanne Ang Rather, 51, was indicted in May 2021 for stealing the personally identifying information of at least ten people who w  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 14, 2023: * * * President Biden Announces 13 New Actions to Reduce Gun Violence by Maximizing the Benefits of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act President Biden published an op-ed announcing new actions the Biden-Harris Administration is taking to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) and maximize the benefits of the law, reducing gun violence and saving lives. The op-ed also honors the li  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 15, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Texas As of May 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration has hit the ground running to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is already delivering results for the people of Texas. To date, $15 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Texas with over 589 specific projects   more