MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, April 9 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - United States Central Command conducted an airdrop of humanitarian assistance into Northern Gaza on April 8, 2024, at 12:12 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict. The joint operation included one C-130 U.S. Air Force aircraft and U.S. Army Soldiers specialized in aerial delivery of U.S humanitarian assistance supplies. The U.  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will be hosting an update on the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) on April 17, 2024, from 5:00-7:00 pm at the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) station, Southwest Florida Research & Education Center, 2685 State Road 29 North in Immokalee, FL. The USACE / Sout  more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: The 96th Medical Group is one of a few Defense Health Agency medical facilities collaborating to create a new, patient-centric health care model. The intent of the innovative model is to change how patients access care and how providers deliver care. Their contributions allow the DHA to refine the current health care model and scale to the military health system by the end of the calendar year.   more

MIAMI, Florida, April 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On April 2, a man was sentenced to 220 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in furtherance on his drug trafficking crime. On Sept. 15, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on the   more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Joshua Grady Earrey (45, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute narcotics, one count of conspiring to defraud the United States, and one count of possessing firearms and ammunition while an unlawful user of controlled substances. Earrey faces a combined maximum penalty of  more

FORT MYERS, Florida, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Tyler Williams (29, Labelle) with deprivation of civil rights under color of law. Specifically, Williams is charged with unreasonable use of force and obstruction of justice. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison on the use of force charge, and up to 20 ye  more

OCALA, Florida, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Terrance Maurice Washington (41, Ocala) with six counts of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine and fentanyl) with the intent to distribute it. If convicted on all counts, Washington faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison.   more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 55) entitled "CSX Transportation Inc. - Abandonment Exemption - In Pinellas County, Florida": * * * On August 20, 2019, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 0.86-mile segment of rail line located between mileposts ARE 897.57 and ARE 898.43 in   more