BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Airman Rhea Beil & Master Sgt. Delia Martinez, 2nd Bomb Wing "These robot dogs not only have the potential to save Airmen's lives, but they also serve as a reminder of how valuable your voice is, regardless of rank." Master Sgt. Dominic Garcia, the emergency management flight chief from the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron, devised the concept of robot dogs and while he advanced his idea int  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2023: As required by the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today held Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261. The sale generated $382,168,507 in high bids for 311 tracts covering 1.7 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 26 companies participated in the lease sale, submitting 35  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news release: By Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Christopher Thomas was replaced as the command senior enlisted leader of 4th Marine Logistics Group by Sgt. Maj. Patrick Fay during a relief and appointment ceremony at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Dec. 19, 2023. During the ceremony, Thomas was honored for his contributions during h  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMES THOMAS SINYARD, a/k/a Jay Sinyard ("J. SINYARD"), MARY GIGI SINYARD a/k/a Gigi Sinyard ("M. SINYARD"), JOHN SUTTON ("SUTTON"), and MARC QUIROZ ("QUIROZ"), were sentenced after each previously pled guilty to one count of wire fraud. According to the bills of information, J. SINYARD, M. SINYARD, SUTT  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TEMIKA SANTEMORE, age 44, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on December 12, 2023 to four months of probation by U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey after previously pleading guilty to making false statements and theft of government funds related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security A  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2023: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that MICHAEL WHITE, age 44, and JOHN WHITE, age 44, both of Kentwood, Louisiana, were charged in a recently unsealed indictment with one (1) count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute forty (40) grams or more of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United Stat  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: RODNEY OFFRAY, age 49, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on December 19, 2023 before U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion to a three-count indictment charging him with distribution of fentanyl and heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 841(b)(1)(C), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. A  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: LARRY JAMES, age 23, ALVAREZ JOSEPH CYPRIAN, age 23, and ALSKIIN MILLICAN, age 21, all of St. Tammany Parish, were indicted on December 8, 2023, announced U.S Attorney Duane A. Evans. The indictment was unsealed following the arrest of JAMES, CYPRIAN, and MILLICAN. In the indictment JAMES, CYPRIAN, and MILLICAN were charged with one count of conspiracy to   more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2023: The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and Air Force Global Strike Command released the complete results of the Round 1 Environmental Sampling effort at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, and Minot AFB, North Dakota, today. The environmental sampling effort is half of the Missile Community Cancer Study, designed to sample for a br  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: New LA 415 will Connect Routes to Support Evacuations and Mobility in Baton Rouge Parish WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that its Build America Bureau has provided a $88.3 million loan to the Louisiana State Bond Commission for the benefit of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) to build the LA 415 Connector, a new link between LA 1 a  more