BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: Gen. Thomas Bussiere, Air Force Global Strike Command commander, administers the Inspector General Oath of Office to Col. Terrance J. Holmes, Aug. 14, 2023. Holmes is Air Force Global Strike Command's Inspector General and is responsible for conducting fair, independent, impartial, and professional inspections and complaints resolution across the command. Additionally, Holmes is responsib  more

FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Army Cadet Command issued the following news: Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital concluded the annual nurse summer training program with a graduation ceremony in honor of cadet Jasmine Savant, a nursing student from the University of Louisiana, Monroe on Aug. 15 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. 1st Lt. Justin Sinlao, NSTP manager at BJACH, said the program is a 28-day clinical immersion experience and the pinnacle  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Sentinel Security Group Inc. assessed $7K in civil money penalties * * * While security workers sometimes face daunting challenges on the job in return for a median national wage of just $15.13 per hour, 58 industry workers are closer to getting wages owed to them by their Shreveport employer thanks to an action brought by the U.S. Department of Labor. In May 2023,   more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Under President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA program to offer grant assistance at no cost to small and financially distressed communities * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of approximately $50 million in grants through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program. Approximately $4,526,000 of that funding will be av  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: CRAIG L. LOVELACE, age 53, a resident of Destrehan, pled guilty to defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of approximately $11.4 million in medically unnecessary durable medical equipment ("DME"), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The government filed a bill of information charging LOVELACE with healthcare fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: Jorge Isaac Gonzalez-Medina, age 31, of Houston, Texas. pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to violating the Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to court records, Gonzalez-Medina admitted to possessing with the intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl, in violation of Ti  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: Three Shreveport, Louisiana men have been sentenced for illegal possession of narcotics and firearms, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote conducted these sentencing hearings. Tremaine Zyshun Russell, 28, of Shreveport, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by 4 years of supervised   more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing a Vivian man today for illegal possession of narcotics. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote sentenced Michael Duncan, 46, to 262 months (21 years, 10 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. On August 10, 2022, law enforcement officers wit  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56670) 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: Jim Rickman HQ OPS Officer: John Russell Notification Date: 08/09/2023 Notification Time: 16:26 [ET] Event Date: 08/0  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56670) 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: Jim Rickman HQ OPS Officer: John Russell Notification Date: 08/09/2023 Notification Time: 16:26 [ET] Event Date: 08/0  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Eric Powell as the new resident inspector at the River Bend nuclear power plant in St. Francisville, Louisiana. "Eric Powell's technical experience and regulatory perspective will assist the NRC in carrying out its mission to protect people and the environment and ensure the continued safe operation of River Bend," said NRC Region IV Administrator John Monn  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 18 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 18 Louisiana parishes and neighboring counties in Texas are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary parishes   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 18 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 25 Texas counties and neighboring parishes in Louisiana are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: A Louisiana man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement, related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. 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 presidential election. Ro  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: LANCE STEVENS, age 27, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced on August 15, 2023 after pleading guilty to a six-count indictment charging him with federal firearm and drug trafficking offenses. United States District Court Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced STEVENS to 132 months of imprisonment after granting his motion for a downward variance  more