BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: Lt. Gen. John Healy, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and AFRC Command Chief Master Sgt. Israel Nunez toured the 307th Bomb Wing here from June 1-4. Healy and Nunez met with hundreds of Reserve Citizen Airmen, answering their questions and getting a hands-on experience of several innovative efforts being employed by the wing. Both stressed the need for pe  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a grant funded through the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). Under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing In America agenda, the grant of nearly $480,000, will go toward a community air monitoring project in St. James Parish. Regional Adminis  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Steven Wilson, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs A group of distinguished visitors from the United States' oldest ally visited the headquarters of Air Force Global Strike Command, May 29-31. French Air and Space Force Lt. Gen. Jerome Bellanger, commander, French Strategic Air Forces, his wife Sandrine Bellanger, and others from the French Strategic Air Forces met with U.S.   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 10 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Hancock Whitney Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) celebrated awarding more than $253,000 in Disaster Rebuilding Assistance (DRA) funds today in a ceremonial check presentation to Rebuilding Together New Orleans. The nonprofit is using the funds to rehabilitate and strengthen storm-damaged New   more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June 9 -- 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 Deray Montrez Richard, 38 of Bastrop, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 228 months (19 years) in prison in connection with a human trafficking case. Richard was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $9,000. "This is another case of a de  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 10 -- 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 Lake Charles man has been sentenced by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. for trafficking methamphetamine. Andrew Simmons, III, 42, was sentenced to 235 months (19 years, 7 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession of methamphetamine with intent t  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: TIMREK ANDREWS, age 43, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on June 08, 2023, to time served (15 months imprisonment) by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier for Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon, a violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18 United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), announced United States Attorney Duane A  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: CHRISTIAN GUITY, age 26, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to 87 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release, and a $300 mandatory special assessment fee on Counts One, Two, and Three of a four-count indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Count One of the indictment charged GUIT  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: CALLEIGH AMOS, age 30, a resident of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced on June 8, 2023, to 6 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. AMOS previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: LARRY TRICHE, age 51, a resident of Norco, Louisiana, and RANDY HARROD, age 43, a resident of Trinity, Texas, each pled guilty on May 31, 2023 to a one-count superseding bill of information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of amixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 8 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The U.S. Navy this month accepted the first E-6B Mercury upgraded by Northrop Grumman Corp. in Lake Charles, delivering enhanced airborne strategic communication capabilities to the warfighter. The upgrade supports the Navy's nuclear deterrence mission, ensuring the president, secretary of defense and U.S. Strategic Command remain connected to the U.S. nuclear arsenal in a worst-case scenar  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56550) involving Louisiana Energy Services, Eunice, New Mexico: * * * Facility: Louisiana Energy Services Comments: Uranium Enrichment Facility Gas Centrifuge Facility Region: 2 City: Eunice State: NM County: Lea License #: SNM-2010 Docket: 70-3103 NRC Notified By: Dirk Lundgren HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith Notification Date: 06/01/2023 Notification Time: 20:16 [ET] Event Date: 0  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSrpt) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: The bridge watch officers on a bulk carrier and an offshore supply vessel were not maintaining a proper lookout before the vessels collided last year near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. On July 23, 2022, the bulk carrier Bunun Queen was transiting eastbound in the Gulf of Mexico and the offshore supply vessel Thunder was transiting northbo  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The White House sent to the Senate on June 8, 2023, the nominations of six individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Michael Colin Casey, of Kentucky, to be Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, vice William R. Evanina. * Jerry Edwards, Jr., of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Michael Joseph Juneau, retired. * Philip S. Hadji, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judg  more