CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * Employer Refused to Provide Religious Accommodation for Muslim Employee, Federal Agency Charges * * * Blackwell Security Services, Inc., a hotel and condominium staffing company, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate an employee's religious practice, forcing him to choose between his religion and his livelihood, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportun  more

FAIRCHILD AFB, Washington, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Fairchild Air Force Base (92nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: Two Airmen assigned to the 509th Weapons Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, received awards for outstanding achievements during the 2023 Mobility Air Forces Weapons and Tactics Conference at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 31, 2023. Maj. Jonathan Weir, a KC-135 weapons officer and instructor pilot, and Tech. Sgt. James Shaffer, standards an  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, Timothy M. O'Shea, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Reginald Jemison, 56, Chicago, Illinois was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 120 months in prison for attempting to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute. Jemison pleaded guilty to this charge on June 8,   more