BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Maj. Lauren Linscott, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Colin Connor, Air Force Global Strike Command A10 director, appeared on an Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center virtual forum to discuss the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system, formerly known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, on Nov. 29, here. The   more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Lt. Col. Alysia Harvey, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs Air Force Global Strike Command recently stood up a new directorate, AFGSC/A10, the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization Directorate, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. This directorate is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the activities of the Air Force in support of the deployment of the   more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Lt. Col. Alysia Harvey, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs Air Force Global Strike Command recently stood up a new directorate, AFGSC/A10, the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization Directorate, at Barksdale Air Force Base. This directorate is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the activities of the Air Force in support of the deployment of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM weapon syst  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Shelby Thurman, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs The Department of the Air Force recently announced the Air Force Global Strike Command History Office as the winner of the DAF's Excellence in Command History Program Management Award. This major command level award recognizes a MAJCOM history office for outstanding leadership of history and heritage programs that  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the Amite River and Tributaries, East of the Mississippi River, Louisiana Supplemental Second Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment #600 for a 45-day public review and comment period starting Dec. 15, 2023. The draft report recommends a nonstructural plan for flood-proofing or elevation of appro  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Division issued the following news release: An Arkansas man was sentenced Nov. 6 to 14 years in federal prison, without the possibility of parole, on one count of Possession of Fentanyl with the Intent to Distribute. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville. In early 2022, Agents with the Drug Enforc  more

FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Jean Graves William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas answered the call for assistance by providing two respiratory specialists, Staff Sgt. Adolfo Uribe, and Sgt. Christopher Allen to support patient care at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Uribe, outpatient pulmonary services noncommissioned officer in charge for WBAMC, said he volunteered to help in the spirit   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive Dec. 8 who was wanted for aggravated homicide by law enforcement authorities in his home country of El Salvador. Jose Omar Rodriguez, 34, departed Alexandria International Airport in Louisiana and arrived at San Salvador International Airport in E  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 8 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Funding Will Create or Rehabilitate More Than 2,600 Housing Units * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that it has awarded $28.4 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidies to 43 projects in its five-state District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. The sub  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3080): * * * In Re: Insulin Pricing Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: The actions in MDL No. 3080 concern an alleged scheme between insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs") to artificially and fraudulently inflate the price of insulin and other diabetes medications. Plaintiff in the action listed on Schedule A (State of Louisiana) moves under Panel Rule 7.1 t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3047): * * * In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel:* Plaintiff in the action listed on Schedule A (Livingston Parish) moves under Panel Rule 7.1 to vacate our order that conditionally transferred the action to the Northern District of California for inclusion in MDL No. 3047 and, alternatively, asks the Panel  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Today, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Heritage-Crystal Clean LLC (HCC) to resolve pending claims of the United States on behalf of the EPA, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the State of Indiana for violations of requirements governing management of hazardous waste, as well as a violation of used oil management requ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to his role in a scheme to illegally smuggle Honduran nationals into the United States and distribute cocaine in the United States. According to court documents, Carl Allison, 47, of Pittsburgh, conspired with at least seven others to bring Honduran nationals and cocaine from Honduras to the United States. In February 2022, Allison and others attempted to illegally br  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: A Louisiana man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sponsor, exhibit, possess and transport animals in an interstate animal fighting venture, and to possessing an animal in such a venture, all in violation of the Animal Welfare Act. Antonio Damon Atkins, 35, of Baton Rouge, is the final of seven total defendants to be sentenced for participating in an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: A Louisiana man was sentenced today to three years in prison for his role in a multi-year scheme to bill Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME). According to court documents, from January 2016 to June 2022, Craig L. Lovelace, of Destrehan, billed Medicare and Medicaid through his DME supply company, Advanced Medical Equipment, Inc. (AME), approximat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Louisiana returned an indictment yesterday charging a U.S. Postal Inspector with mail theft, obstruction of justice, and money laundering. According to the indictment, Michael Morse, 52, of Madisonville, Louisiana, served as a Postal Inspector in the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. In this role, Morse was responsible for investigating and preventing crime tha  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 15 -- 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 FELIX MACKEY pled guilty on December 13, 2023 to violating the Federal Controlled Substances and Gun Control Acts before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. MACKEY pled guilty to Counts 1 and 5 of the indictment. Count 1 charges him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distrib  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on December 8, 2023, ANACLETO SILVA-HERRERA, a/k/a "Chofer," age 37, was indicted for possession with intent to distribute five (5) kilograms or more of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A). If convicted, SILVA-HERRERA faces a minimum term of impri  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on December 8, 2023, ORLIAN CABRERA-JOA, age 31, was indicted for possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A). If convicted, CABRERA-JOA faces a minimum term of ten (10) years up to a maximum term  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: MELVIN CONTRERAS, age 33, a resident of Bronx, New York, pled guilty on December 7, 2023 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine hydrochloride, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to court documents, on M  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 13 -- 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 today that ELIAS SALAS, age 19, from Edinburgh, Texas, was sentenced on December 12, 2023 by U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to 108 months incarceration after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 2  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56887) involving River Bend Nuclear Plant, Louisiana: * * * Facility: River Bend Region: 4 State: LA Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-6 NRC Notified By: Chris Dwyer HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 12/13/2023 Notification Time: 05:50 [ET] Event Date: 12/13/2023 Event Time: 01:02 [CST] Last Update Date: 12/13/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56887) involving River Bend Nuclear Plant, Louisiana: * * * Facility: River Bend Region: 4 State: LA Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-6 NRC Notified By: Chris Dwyer HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 12/13/2023 Notification Time: 05:50 [ET] Event Date: 12/13/2023 Event Time: 01:02 [CST] Last Update Date: 12/13/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Louisiana's Initial Proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's "Internet for All" initiative. Louisiana is the first state to reach this important milestone,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36447) entitled "Lake Providence Port Commission - Feeder Line Application - Line of Delta Southern Railroad Located in East Carroll and Madison Parishes, Louisiana": * * * This proceeding involves efforts by the Lake Providence Port Commission (LPPC), a noncarrier political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, to acquire portions of the McGeheeTallulah rai  more