MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Dec. 2 (TNSres) -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: Governor Kay Ivey on Friday received the report from the Governor's Commission on Teaching and Learning. The governor spoke briefly about the report during the Alabama Association of School Boards Convention in Birmingham. "During my Inaugural Address, I made an unyielding commitment of improving education as my number one priority," said Governor Ivey. "Today, I stand before yo  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Dec. 2 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has selected 29 community leaders from Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee as fellows of the 2024 Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy, an extensive nine-month leadership development program that brings together public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders from the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama B  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program issued the following news: Upcoming elections for federal office: The following states have elections for federal office in the next 90 days: P- Presidential Primary; S- State Primary; D- District Primary; T- Territory Primary *Dates subject to change. Election dates marked with an asterisk are updated and state-approved. December 2023: No elections for federal office scheduled January 2024-  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Navy will christen its newest America-class amphibious assault ship, the future USS Bougainville (LHA 8), during a 9 a.m. CST ceremony Saturday, Dec. 2, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Under Secretary of the Navy Eric Raven will deliver the christening ceremony's principal address. Remarks will also be provided by Vice Adm. Del Crandall Jr., Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Maj. Gen. James H. Adams III a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following news release: The Navy will christen its newest America-class amphibious assault ship, the future USS Bougainville (LHA 8), during a 9 a.m. CST ceremony Saturday, Dec. 2, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Under Secretary of the Navy Eric Raven will deliver the christening ceremony's principal address. Remarks will also be provided by Vice Adm. Del Crandall Jr., Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Maj. Gen. James H.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news on Dec. 1, 2023: By MKCS Tina M. Claflin, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.), MSLIS, Simmons University The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Today, it seems surprising that women hav  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Dec. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Los Angeles, California man was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1342 grams of methamphetamine. According to court records, on October 31, 2019, an anonymous tipster alerted the DEA to a PODS container being shipped by Shaun Patrick Fuller, 41, to Jackson County, Mississippi. The tipster said   more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Dec. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: Two Irvine, California men were sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. David Quinonez, 23, was sentenced to 87 months in prison, and Aaron Torres, 24, was sentenced to 64 months in prison. According to court records, in March of 2022, law enforcement agents were made aware that David Quinonez was sending  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Dec. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Carriere man was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 56 grams of methamphetamine. Calvin Deshun Vaughn, 48, was sentenced on November 30, 2023, in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court records, in 2015, an investigation began into a large-scale drug trafficking organization, located largely   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 2 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the States of Montana and Idaho, in a Second Amendment case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The matter in front of the court involves a challenge to a law passed by the Hawaii State Legislature in June 2023 that "prohibits the carry or possession of firearms" in designated places, including "bars and restaurants serving  more