COLUMBUS AFB, Mississippi, April 30 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Second Lt. Douglas Armstrong, 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs The auditorium was filled to capacity with instructor pilots, students and support personnel from across the 14th Flying Training Wing. The loud competing conversations were suddenly silenced by the entry of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi, as they walked onto the Kaye Auditor  more

COLUMBUS AFB, Mississippi, May 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Columbus Air Force Base (14th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. Douglas Armstrong, 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs The auditorium was filled to capacity with instructor pilots, students and support personnel from across the 14th Flying Training Wing. The loud competing conversations were suddenly silenced by the entry of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Forc  more

KEESLER AFB, Mississippi, April 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Devyn Waits, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs The majority of Airmen attend technical school at the 81st Training Group's home base here at Keesler, but the courses of certain occupations take place in various locations around the country. Airmen in Administration, under the 335th Training Squadron, obtain essential skills in Postal Operations at the Inte  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Campaign to Target New Audiences in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Haitian and Vietnamese Languages FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will launch its 2024 Hurricane Season Campaign on April 29 and will target new communities using culturally competent messaging. The campaign communicates flo  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee announced today that in Fiscal Year 2023 the Southern District of Mississippi collected more than $22 million in criminal and civil matters. Of that amount, approximately $10,157,069 was collected in civil and criminal asset forfeiture actions, approximately $4,176,826 was collected in criminal debts owed to the United States and  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Fremont, Ohio man was sentenced to 47 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Trayvion Joaquin Scott, 25, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court records, Scott previously pled guilty to his involvement in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that began operating in Pi  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: * * * Editor's note: An earlier version of this news release listed award recipients from a previous year. This news release has been corrected. * * * The National Park Service today awarded $23.4 million to 39 projects in 16 states and the District of Columbia as part of the Historic Preservation Fund's African American Civil Rights grant program, which focus  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 1 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 52 of her fellow governors oppose legislation that disregards gubernatorial authority over the National Guard, Legislative Proposal 480. The bipartisan group of governors sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The full letter can be found here. Governor Noem understands the importance of her role as Commander in Chief of the Sou  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Philadelphia District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is today commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Civil Works program. "The Civil Works mission that has been entrusted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is something that makes USACE unique among the world's military organizations," said Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, USACE commanding general. "Our abilities to cohesively perform military, civil, and  more

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kenneth Leon Thomas, Jr., age 35, of Okemah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 270 months in prison for Second Degree Murder in Indian Country. The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On April 19, 2023, Thomas pleaded guilty to one count of an   more