BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, March 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Col. Brus E. Vidal, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Commander, Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, held a virtual town hall Feb. 23 with current and former missile community members currently serving throughout several organizations to provide updates on environmental sampling results, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) mitigation efforts, and t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 18 Louisiana parishes and neighboring counties in Texas of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 25 Texas counties and neighboring parishes in Louisiana of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economi  more

FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana, March 14 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital raises awareness in March about making informed food choices, developing healthful eating habits, and educating patients on the role registered dieticians and nutrition and dietetic technicians play on their healthcare team. March 13 is National Registered Dietician and March 14 is Nutrition and Dietetics Technician Day. Lt. Col. Nicole Rau, deputy commande  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 13 -- 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 JULIO A. GONZALEZ, JR.( GONZALEZ), age 26, of Chalmette, La., was sentenced on March 6, 2024 by United States District Judge Lance M. Africk, to three months in jail, a $100 mandatory special assessment fee and payment of $23,433.85 in restitution after previously pleading guilty to making false statements relate  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Edward L. Angel, Sr., 70, of Shreveport, appeared before United States District Magistrate Judge Mark L. Hornsby today to enter a guilty plea, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Angel pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of government funds. In addition to pleading guilty, Angel agreed to pay restitution in the total amount   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: AMARYD DOWNING, age 37, of Hahnville, La. pled guilty on March 5, 2024 to three (3) counts of distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to court documents, on May 8, May 1  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 12 -- 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 MALI WILLIAMS, age 25, of Violet, La., was indicted on March 8, 2024 for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and tapentadol, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 841(b)(1)(D); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 12 -- 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 TYRIQUE RICHARDS, age 27, of Violet, La., was indicted on March 8, 2024, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 841(b)(1)(D), and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime  more

BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana, March 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs, Sean Green, Air Force Global Strike Command, STRIKEWERX A group of Striker Airmen from across Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) recently celebrated graduating from the command's Striker Airmen Coder (SAC) program in Bossier City, Louisiana. The team was the sixth cohort of Airmen to finish the six-month program, administered by the C  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57005) involving Louisiana Radiation Protection Division, Baton Rouge: * * * Rep Org: Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Region: 4 City: Baton Rouge State: LA License #: Unknown Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: James Pate HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 03/04/2024 Notification Time: 10:25 [ET] Event Date: 03/03/2024 Event Time: 21:52 [CST] Last Update Date: 03/04/2024 E  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57005) involving Louisiana Radiation Protection Division, Baton Rouge: * * * Rep Org: Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Region: 4 City: Baton Rouge State: LA License #: Unknown Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: James Pate HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 03/04/2024 Notification Time: 10:25 [ET] Event Date: 03/03/2024 Event Time: 21:52 [CST] Last Update Date: 03/04/2024 E  more

FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana, March 14 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital celebrates Patient Safety Awareness Week Mar. 10-18, at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. BJACH has no higher priority than the safety of their patients said Col. Alisa Wilma, hospital commander. "One of the simplest ways we can promote safety from the top down and every day is to rapidly acknowledge safety concerns that are   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Artificial intelligence has delivered a major win for pathologists and researchers in the fight for improved cancer treatments and diagnoses. In partnership with the National Cancer Institute, or NCI, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Louisiana State University developed a long-sequenced AI transformer capable of processi  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, March 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Senior Master Sgt. Ted Daigle, 307th Bomb Wing No one can accuse the 343rd Bomb Squadron of losing its edge. The 307th Bomb Wing unit created SOUTHERN EDGE here at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, last year and used lessons learned to implement it again from Feb. 20 through March 12. SOUTHERN EDGE 24 provided realistic training to enhance coordination between B-52 Stratofortress a  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, March 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Senior Master Sgt. Ted Daigle, 307th Bomb Wing No one can accuse the 343rd Bomb Squadron of losing its edge. The 307th Bomb Wing unit created SOUTHERN EDGE here last year and used lessons learned to implement it again from Feb. 20th through March 12th. SOUTHERN EDGE 24 provided realistic training to enhance coordination between B-52 Stratofortress aircrews and special forces troops from the  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: HAROLD DECLOUET ("DECLOUET"), age 22, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on March 6, 2024 before U.S. District Judge Jane T. Milazzo to four counts of federal drug and weapons violations. DECLOUET pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C); one count of possession with  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: NORMAN ANDREWS, age 24, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on March 5, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey, after previously pleading guilty to charges in a multi-count indictment. ANDREWS was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a $300 mandatory special assessment fee for his convictions for poss  more