SHAW AFB, South Carolina, April 18 -- The U.S. Air Forces Central, the air component of U.S. Central Command, issued the following news: Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) conducted Blue Sands 24.4, a combined air and missile defense exercise, in the North Arabian Gulf alongside coalition allies and regional partner nations, April 17, 2024. Blue Sands, a part of U.S. Central Command's overall Integrated Air and Missile Defense exercise series, focuses on modernizing defense architecture, whi  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Glenn Daeward Boyd, 35, of Kershaw, South Carolina, was charged in a 7-Count indictment, alleging he engaged in attempted extortion, stalking, and 5 counts of wire fraud. The indictment is attached.* "Nationally and here in Michigan we have seen a startli  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory issued the following news release: Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and Clemson University jointly appointed Ramtin Hadidi, Ph.D., to expand collaborative grid infrastructure efforts between SRNL and Clemson. Hadidi's research focuses on power and energy system modeling and simulation, integration, testing and standardization of distributed energy resources, microgrids control, power   more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Marquand Jerome Newell, 41, of Mullins, was sentenced to more than 9 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Evidence presented to the Court showed that, on September 28, 2022, Deputies with Dillo  more