WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-208) on June 21, 2023: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana have signed a partnership agreement for the $6.5 billion Southwest Coastal Louisiana hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and coastal ecosystem restoration project. "Today's announcement is transformative for the people of Southwest Louisiana who have held strong in th  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June 24 (TNSper) -- 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 the appointment of Catherine Semmes to serve as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (SAUSA) in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office. This appointment is the result of a partnership between the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Ouachita Parish District Attorney's Office in the Monroe Di  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana (USAO, EDLA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), New Orleans Field Office, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and the Anti-Defamation League, South Central Region (ADL) co-hosted an event at the Jewish Community Center entitled "United Agains  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that five men who were involved with the trafficking of cocaine and cocaine base in the St. Martinville, Louisiana, area were each sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge David C. Joseph. The five defendants and their sentences are as follows: Marvis Mason, 41, of St. Martinv  more

MONROE, Louisiana, June 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: Edward Calloway, 44, of West Monroe, Louisiana, has been sentenced on federal wire fraud charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. At the sentencing hearing, Chief United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced Calloway to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. According to evidence presented to the court  more