WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force selected 103rd Airlift Wing (Hartford, Connecticut), 120th Airlift Wing (Great Falls, Montana), 133rd Airlift Wing (Minneapolis), and 182nd Airlift Wing (Peoria, Illinois), as the preferred locations to receive C-130J Super Hercules to replace their aging C-130Hs, pending the outcome of environmental assessments. A total of eight C-130J aircraft will be used to recapitalize the aging C-130H fl  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 13, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area - August 2023": * * * Area prices were up 0.2 percent over the past month, up 2.3 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.2 percent  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 13, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area - August 2023": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past two months, increased 5.9 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division issued the following news release: Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois, announced that Jeremy Mitchell, 34, of Springfield, was sentenced on Sept. 8, 2023, by U.S. District Judge Colleen R. Lawless to 180 months in prison for possessing   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division issued the following news release: Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Issac Jackson, 29, of Le Roy, Illinois, was sentenced on Sept. 7, 2023, to 30 months in federal prison for theft of medical products and possession of   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Forward-looking paper charts research path to improve how planning models account for energy storage * * * Energy system models fail to accurately represent energy storage and might recommend decarbonization strategies that make electric grids less reliable. Policy makers and utilities need robust energy system models to determine the best strategies t  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Argonne researchers improve pandemic preparedness and prevention * * * The National Science Foundation funded Argonne and others to study the COVID-19 experiences of public health officials and stakeholders. By improving prediction and prevention, they hope to avoid reinventing a wheel no one wants rolling back into town. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois, announced that Jeremy Mitchell, 34, of Springfield, was sentenced on Sept. 8, 2023, by U.S. District Judge Colleen R. Lawless to 180 mon  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has returned indictments against 19 United States Postal Service employees and former employees, charging them with fraud related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) administered through the Small Business Administration (SBA). The PPP provided federally backed funds to small businesses that were directly affected by the COVID-19 p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for 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 2020 presidential election. Tyng Jing Yang, 61, of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, ple  more