JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Kirsten Brandes, Space Operations Command Public Affairs The Space Operations Command leadership team, Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting and Chief Master Sgt. Jacob Simmons, completed a three-day immersion with Guardians and Airmen at basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland June 20 - 22, 2023. During the immersion, the command team toure  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news on July 6, 2023: Air Force officials have selected 5,354 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 36,913 eligible for a selection rate of 14.5 percent in the 23E6 promotion cycle, which includes supplemental promotion opportunities. The average overall score for those selected was 391.13. Selectees' average time in grade was 4.48 years and time in service was 9.31 y  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From May 2022 to May 2023, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 42 states and was essentially unchanged in 8 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increase occurred in Texas (4.0 percent), followed by Florida and Nevada (3.7 percent each). The largest job gains occurred in Texas (529,800), California (427,500), and Florida (  more

LAREDO, Texas, July 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station intercepted a human smuggling attempt utilizing a trailer pulling hay bales in Hebbronville, Texas. The event occurred on July 1, when Border Patrol agents encountered a pickup truck hauling hay bales on top of a flatbed trailer when it approached the primary inspection lane of the FM 1017 Bo  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 7 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas Division issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: A drug distributer who was selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit M30 pills to a Carrollton middle schooler shortly before her fatal overdose pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas Rafael Soliz, Jr., 23, was indicted in March. He pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to p  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 84 metropolitan areas from May 2022 to May 2023, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 304 areas. The metropolitan areas with the largest percentage increases over the year were Midland, Texas (7.7 percent), Rome, Georgia (6.7 percent), and Corvallis, Oregon (6.3 percent). The largest employmen  more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, July 8 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news on July 6, 2023: By Airman 1st Class Zach Heimbuch, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs The 17th Medical Group conducted a change of command ceremony at the Powell Event Center, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, July 6. The 17th MDG welcomed incoming commander, Col. Ian Rybczynski. Rybczynski was previously the 59th Medical Wing Biomedical Science Executive at J  more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news on July 6, 2023: By Airman 1st Class Madison Collier, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs The 17th Mission Support Group conducted an assumption of command ceremony at the Powell Event Center Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, July 5. The 17th MSG welcomed incoming commander, Col. Timothy Dalby. Dalby was previously a command engineer at Headquarters 7th Air Force, Osan A  more

LAREDO, Texas, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: A citizen of Nicaragua was sentenced June 29 for his role in a conspiracy to transport undocumented noncitizens resulting in death. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Laredo investigated the case with help from the U.S. Border Patrol, sheriff's offices in Webb and Dimmit counties, the Webb County District Attorney's Office, the Texas Department of Public  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, June 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: By Andrew C. Patterson, 502nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs Brig. Gen. Russell D. Driggers, Commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, intends to create JBSA as an innovative enterprise. Part of this innovation mindset is to build smart installations within intelligent facilities. This vision of innovation across the JBSA enterprise includes significant   more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico returned a superseding indictment charging four men with one count of conspiracy to launder funds from wire, mail, and access device fraud schemes. One defendant, Oluwasegun Baiyewu, was previously charged on Oct. 21, 2021. According to court documents, Oluwaseun Adelekan 40, and Temitope Omotayo, 40, both of Staten Island, New York; Ifeoluwa Dudubo, 37, of Austin, Texas;  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Texas man was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in prison for carrying out a mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2019, killing 23 people and injuring 22 more. On Feb. 8, Patrick Wood Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty to a 90-count indictment with 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and 45 counts of using a firearm d  more

EL PASO, Texas, July 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Vincent Byrd, William Beaumont Army Medical Center Soldiers from the 446th and 472nd Hospital Augmentation Detachments conducted Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) scenarios and Individual Critical Task Lists (ICTL) training at William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) from June 8-14, 2023. ICTLs are a list of tasks that Soldiers must be proficient in, to deploy. The tasks included everything from perfor  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Naval Surface Warfare Center, a naval laboratory and field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command, issued the following news on July 7, 2023: The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) African American Employee Resource Group (AAERG) hosted the command's Juneteenth Observance for a hybrid audience on June 14, 2023. Juneteenth is the holiday commemorating Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger's proclamation that enslaved people in Texas were offi  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56597) involving Nondestructive Visual Inspection, Carthage, Texas: * * * Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services Licensee: Nondestructive Visual Inspection Region: 4 City: Carthage State: TX County: License #: L06162 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Arthur Tucker HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 06/29/2023 Notification Time: 14:18 [ET] Event Date: 06/28/2023 Event   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56597) involving Nondestructive Visual Inspection, Carthage, Texas: * * * Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services Licensee: Nondestructive Visual Inspection Region: 4 City: Carthage State: TX License #: L06162 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Arthur Tucker HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 06/29/2023 Notification Time: 14:18 [ET] Event Date: 06/28/2023 Event Time: 00:  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56595) involving Texas A&M University, College Station: * * * Facility: Texas A&M University (TAMN) RX Type: 1000 Kw Triga (Conversion) Region: 0 City: College Station State: TX County: Brazos License #: R-83 Agreement: Y Docket: 05000128 NRC Notified By: Jere Jenkins HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross Notification Date: 06/29/2023 Notification Time: 10:20 [ET] Event Date: 06/28/20  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino has announced that its Young Ambassadors Program (YAP) is placing interns at Smithsonian-affiliated museums in El Paso, Texas; McAllen, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; and Springfield, Massachusetts, to build on the Smithsonian's commitment to reach rural and underrepresented communities. The national program for graduating high school seniors is supported by   more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36627) entitled "TGS Cedar Port Railroad LLC - Operation Exemption - In Chambers County, Texas": * * * On July 7, 2022, TGS Cedar Port Railroad LLC (TGSC), a noncarrier, filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1150.31 to operate on track extending approximately 1.28 miles from a connection with the Cedar Bayou Industrial Lead at milepost 5.22  more

TYLER, Texas, July 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Damien M. Diggs, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: The final defendant has been sentenced in an East Texas drug trafficking operation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs today. Darrell Lynell Horace, Jr., 29, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Jeremy D  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Leigha Simonton, issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: The former fiance of a Rowlett man who shot and stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in 2020 has been charged with helping to orchestrate the brutal slaying, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Holly Ann Elkins, the 32-year-old ex-fiancee of Andrew Charles Beard, was indicted last month on three charges: conspir  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release: A 28-year old Houston resident has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing two firearms while a felon and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. On Jan. 21, 2022, authorities found Sydney Rachal's motor vehicle stopped in the middle of the road. They soon took him into custody for driving while intoxicated and for a  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Leigha Simonton, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: A drug distributor who was selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit M30 pills to a Carrollton middle schooler shortly before her fatal overdose pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Rafael Soliz, Jr., 23, was indicted in March. He pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to p  more

MCALLEN, Texas, July 4 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release: A federal jury sitting in McAllen has convicted a 32-year-old man for conspiracy to commit murder for hire, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The jury deliberated for just over an hour before convicting Christopher Andrade, Oxnard, California, following a four-day trial. The jury heard that in 2018, Mexican Mafia gang members arranged for the murder of a  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 7 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Clipper Shipping A.S. has been convicted of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. Clipper admitted that oily bilge water was discharged from the Motor Tanker Clipper Saturn. As part of the plea, they acknowledged the discharges were omitted from the Oil Record Book. Immediately after the plea today, U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett   more

DALLAS, Texas, July 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Leigha Simonton, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: A drug trafficker arrested following a disturbing domestic violence altercation was sentenced Thursday to more than 27 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Carlos Carrasquillo, 21, was charged via criminal complaint in April and indicted the following month. He pleaded guilty in Decembe  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 6 -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: A 22-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for robbery and brandishing a firearm during a one-man crime spree that lasted approximately 12 hours, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jose Luis Perez Jr. pleaded guilty Jan. 19 to four counts each of interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during and i  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: A Texas man was sentenced today for felony obstruction of an official proceeding during the breach of the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 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. Joshua Johnson, 32, of Sherman, Texas,   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: A Texas man was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in prison for carrying out a mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2019, killing 23 people and injuring 22 more. On Feb. 8, Patrick Wood Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty to a 90-count indictment with 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Preven  more

EL PASO, Texas, July 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: A Texas man was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso today to 90 consecutive life sentences in prison for killing 23 people and injuring 22 more in a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart, Aug. 3, 2019. According to court documents, Patrick Wood Crusius, 24, was convicted on a guilty plea to a 90-count superseding indictment with 45 counts of violating  more