BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: The 2nd Bomb Wing welcomed a familiar face as its new commander during a change of command ceremony today at Barksdale Air Force Base. Col. Michael D. Maginness assumed command from Col. Scott P. Weyermuller, who has led the wing since March 31, 2022. Weyermuller is set to become the director of the Commander's Action Group at U.S. Strategic Command in Omaha, Nebraska. Maginness previous  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2023: Nationally, personal consumption expenditures (PCE), in current dollars, increased 9.2 percent in 2022 after increasing 12.9 percent in 2021. PCE increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with the percent change ranging from 11.8 percent in Idaho to 6.4 percent in Louisiana (table 1), according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bur  more

FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, has a new senior enlisted advisor following a 10 a.m. change of responsibility ceremony, Oct. 5, in the Bayou Theater at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. The outgoing, Command Sgt. Maj. Shavonda Devereaux, relinquished her responsibilities to Command Sgt. Maj. Larry D. White II, in front of military leaders, the BJACH team, local network part  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2023: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging N. Clark, LLC and Kathleen Cresson, owner and manager of a multi-family rental home in New Orleans, Louisiana, with discriminating against potential tenants based on race and familial status. Read the charge here. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based on race and fami  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: On September 28, 2023, United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced WILLIAM J. BURNELL, age 73, of Kenner, ROBERT B. "BRAD" CALLOWAY, age 63, of Metairie, and FRANK J. ADOLPH, age 63, of New Orleans, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. All three defendants previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud conspiracy for their role in the fraudulent sc  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Ronald C. Gathe Jr., issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Irving Bobby Mitchell, age 41, of Gonzales, Louisiana, to 150 months in federal prison following his convictions for distribution of methamphetamine. The Court further sentenced Mitchell to five years of supervised release following his term of  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Oct. 6 -- 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 sentencing of two men from North Louisiana for illegal possession and distribution of narcotics and a firearm. Johnathan Davon Hill, 28, of Vivian, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 117 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for i  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DR. ALEX L. GLOTSER, age 36, a resident of Metairie, has been charged on September 29, 2023 with defrauding Medicare of approximately $5.6 million in medically unnecessary durable medical equipment ("DME") and Cancer Genetic Testing ("CGx"). The bill of information charged GLOTSER with health care fraud, in vi  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TRAYVON MURPHY, of New Orleans, pled guilty on October 5, 2023 to various violations of the Federal Gun Control Act, the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Hobbs Act Robbery before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. MURPHY plead guilty as charged to Counts 1, 2, 10, and 11 of a superseding ind  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Oct. 6 -- 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 that Leroy Shintell McKinney, 38, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced on September 18, 2023, by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., for possession with intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine. McKinney was sentenced to 120 months (10 years) in prison, followed   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Ronald C. Gathe Jr., issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced the sentencing of ten individuals by U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson as the result of an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking network based and operating in Ascension Parish  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: RAFAEL MOLINA, age 47, a resident of Edinburg, Texas was sentenced on September 20, 2023 by Chief United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to one hundred fifty-four (154) months imprisonment, five years of supervised release, and $200.00 in mandatory special assessment fees after pleading guilty to a superseding bill of information charging h  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2023: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that William Ross Hickman, 49, of Arcadia, Louisiana, and Brian K. Whiteman, 48, of Haughton, were sentenced today on fraud charges. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote sentenced Hickman to 52 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Hickman was also ordere  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:23-cv-05650; E.D. La. filed Sept. 29, 2023) involving Advisor Resource Council and Steven J. Jacobson: * * * SEC Charges Louisiana-Based Investment Adviser Representative with Cherry-Picking and His Former Firm with Compliance Failures * * * The SEC filed a complaint today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against New Orleans-based investment adviser repres  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 23-113-R23) on Oct. 3, 2023, entitled "Louisiana District: Delivery Unit Operations." Here are excerpts: * * * We performed audits at the New Orleans Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and five delivery units serviced by the P&DC in the New Orleans, Louisiana region during the week of June 12, 2023. The delivery units included the Bywater Station, New Orleans, LA; Carrollton Station,   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 5 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 19 Louisiana parishes and neighboring counties in Arkansas and Mississippi are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 5 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 18 Texas counties, neighboring parishes in Louisiana and neighboring counties in Oklahoma are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced r  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: NATHANIEL WILLIAMS, age 27, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged to a three-count indictment on October 3, 2023 before U.S. District Judge Greg G. Guidry. Specifically, WILLIAMS pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8) (Count 1); posse  more