LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, April 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Seth Watson, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs A pair of B-52H Stratofortresses from the 20th Bomb Squadron tested their capabilities by landing at a civilian airfield as part of exercise Bayou Vigilance on April 12, 2024. Bayou Vigilance exercises aim to increase the readiness and lethality of the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. This is accomplished by simula  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Aaron Hill, 2BW/PA Airmen from the 2nd and 5th Bomb Wings trained together while evaluating response and combat operation skills during exercise Bayou Vigilance April 3-12, 2024 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. "The mission we demonstrated is not just a 2nd Bomb Wing mission," said Colonel Michael Maginness, 2nd Bomb Wing Commander. "It is a national mission   more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 16 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Aaron Hill 2BW/PA Airmen from the 2nd and 5th Bomb Wings trained together while evaluating response and combat operation skills during exercise Bayou Vigilance April 3-12, 2024 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. "The mission we demonstrated is not just a 2nd Bomb Wing mission," said Colonel Michael Maginness, 2nd Bomb Wing Commander. "It is a national mission that we have the h  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Aaron Hill, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing and 5th Bomb Wing trained together while evaluating response and combat operation skills during exercise Bayou Vigilance April 3-12, 2024, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. "The mission we demonstrated is not just a 2nd Bomb Wing mission," said Col. Michael Maginness, 2nd Bomb Wing commander.   more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Rhea Beil, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs Air Force Global Strike Command hosted a workshop here for 90 attendees across the Department of the Air Force from April 2-4 regarding the Command's implementation of the New START Treaty. New START, signed in 2011, furthers reductions provided in START I, which expired in December 2009. Under New START, the U.  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 2023-CR-001) on March 29, 2024, entitled "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Awarded to the State of Louisiana, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, From July 1, 2019, Through June 30, 2021, Under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program." Here are excerpts: * * * Memorandum To: Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service From: Amy R. Billings, Director, Central Region Audi  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3101): * * * IN RE: Baby Food Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (No. II) TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel:* Plaintiffs in four actions/1 move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the District of Nevada, the Northern District of California, the Central District of California, or the Eastern District of Louisiana. This litigation consists of  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 16 -- 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 on April 5, 2024, a federal grand jury charged TIERON PRICE, age 21, a resident of New Orleans, in a five-count superseding indictment with drug and gun violations. These violations occurred on May 22, 2023, and January 19, 2024. In Counts 1 and 4 of the superseding indictment, PRICE is charged with possession o  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 19 -- 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 ODINE DOMINICK, age 33, of New Orleans, was indicted on March 8, 2024, for violations of the Federal Gun Control and Controlled Substances Acts. The indictment was unsealed on April 15, 2024. DOMINICK is charged in Count 1 of the indictment with possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: MALCOM JOHNSON, age 41, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on April 16, 2024, before United States District Judge Susie Morgan to violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to court records, JOHNSON sold $400 worth of heroin to a DEA confidential source in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: JEROME JONES, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to court records, JONES pled guilty to Counts Three, Five, Six, and Seven of a seven-count superseding indi  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 16 -- 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 CELINA BOLTON-FULTZ ("BOLTON-FULTZ"), age 35, of Slidell, was charged today with thirty counts of assisting in filing false tax returns, in violation of 26 U.S.C. Sec. 7206(2), five counts of filing her own false returns, in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206(1), four counts of false statements, in violation of  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57067) involving Roke Technologies USA Inc., Opelousas Field, Louisiana: * * * Rep Org: Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Licensee: Roke Technologies USA, Inc. Region: 4 City: Opelousas Field State: LA License #: OK-32238-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Russell Clark HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 04/04/2024 Notification Time: 19:25 [ET] Event Date: 04/04/2024 Eve  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57067) involving Roke Technologies USA Inc., Opelousas Field, Louisiana: * * * Rep Org: Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Licensee: Roke Technologies USA, Inc. Region: 4 City: Opelousas Field State: LA License #: OK-32238-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Russell Clark HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 04/04/2024 Notification Time: 19:25 [ET] Event Date: 04/04/2024 Eve  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, April 16 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Caleb S. Kimmell, Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota and the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana participated in Exercise Prairie Vigilance 24-3 here, April 6-12, 2024. PV is a routine training mission that enhances the safety, security and reliability of the bomber leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Exercises like PV enable cr  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Caleb S. Kimmell, Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota and the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana participated in Exercise Prairie Vigilance 24-3 here, April 6-12, 2024. PV is a routine training mission that enhances the safety, security and reliability of the bomber leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Exercises like  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: RODNEY COOPER, age 33, a resident of Metairie, pleaded guilty on April 11, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Jane T. Milazzo to conspiracy to distribute and, possess with intent to distribute, heroin, tapentadol, and marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), 841(b)(1)(D), and 846; and possession with intent t  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: KENTRELL HUBBARD, age 25, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on April 9, 2024 before U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to distribution of fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C) and being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). According to court documents, in  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana issued the following news release: A federal grand jury recently returned a four-count indictment charging Eric Jason Schouest, age 53, of Plaquemine, Louisiana, with embezzlement and bank fraud. Schouest appeared for his arraignment and pled not guilty to the pending charges. According to court documents, Schouest was employed at Regions Bank from 2010 to 2021 as a branch manager overseei  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.3 million grant to the Port of Columbia in Columbia, Louisiana, for infrastructure improvements to spur private investment and create jobs in the region. This grant will support construction of an emergency staging ar  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the selection of nature-based solutions projects in the Lower Mississippi River Valley (LMRV) for forestry and wetland restoration across more than 63,100 acres of national wildlife refuges and state-managed lands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. These projects, totaling over   more