CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following remarks on April 3, 2024, at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference: * * * Thanks everyone. Thanks Eddie. Eddie, if getting a call from my chief of staff bring up the Wu-Tang Clan -- what does a call ... what image does a call from me bring up? You can tell me afterwards. Chicago is also my hometown, and it's great to be here. Almost three years ago, when I had be  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on April 3, 2024, by Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference: * * * Thank you, Eddie, I don't know what to make of the fact that I didn't get a Wu-Tang comparison, but I appreciate your leadership and your work in the Department and I want to thank also the Attorney General for his words of support and for his   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on April 3, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference: * * * Thank you so much to our Acting Associate Attorney General, Ben Mizer, and to Attorney General Garland for opening our national conference on community violence intervention (CVI). Good morning, everyone. I'm Amy Solomon, the Assistant Attorney General   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs issued the following remarks on April 3, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference: * * * AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY Thank you so much to our Acting Associate Attorney General, Ben Mizer, and to Attorney General Garland for opening our national conference on community violence intervention. Good morning, everyone.  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, April 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Rock Island District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, in partnership with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is hosting a public open house April 30 to discuss plans for Phase II of an ecosystem restoration project in Lower Pool 13 of the Mississippi River. The event is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. at Eagle Point Lodge located at 4101   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $120,000 settlement with Forge Group DeKalb LLC, known as DeKalb Forge Co., to resolve alleged failure to report toxic chemical releases in DeKalb, Illinois, violating the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, or EPCRA. The company forges and shapes steel products using drop hammers and mechanical presses at th  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Christopher Collins as the superintendent of the newly established New Philadelphia National Historic Site located near Barry, Illinois. Collins is currently the superintendent at Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in Missouri. He will assume his new role at New Philadelphia later this spring. "I am pleased to name Chris as  more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) proudly celebrates the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), reaffirming its ironclad commitment to the defensive alliance. NATO marked its 75th anniversary today, honoring the Washington Treaty signed by 12 Allies in 1949. USTRANSCOM, since its inception, has stood with NATO, supporting numerous operat  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Electrician's Mate 3rd Class (EM3c) Charles D. Brown, 22, of Arcola, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for on March 22, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Brown was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was att  more