FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT LIBERTY, N.C. - A new chapter in the U.S. Army Reserve began as Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Betty took the reins from Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Lombardo in a change of responsibility ceremony, May 3, 2024. Lombardo served as the command sergeant major of the U.S. Army Reserve since June 2020. He is returning to his civilian position with the New York City Police Department. Durin  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 7, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in North Carolina - Third Quarter 2023": * * * From June 2023 to September 2023, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in North Carolina were 253,947, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 230,670,  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 6 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: CHICAGO - *** Original text here: https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3766658/chicago-white-sox-honors-army-reserve-soldier-as-hero-of-the-game/  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - On March 2, 2024, U.S. Army Soldiers from the 690th Medical Company Ground Ambulance based out of Fort Liberty, North Carolina, and 343rd Medical Company Ground Ambulance from Richmond, Virginia, alongside the 2-501 General Support Aviation Battalion from El Paso, Texas, recently conducted realistic mass-casualty training at Columbus Regional   more

NEW BERN, North Carolina, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Robert Joseph Westrup, 43, of Craven County, was sentenced today to the statutory maximum of 120 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon in connection with the shooting of a Craven County Sheriff's deputy on October 1, 2021. The shooting left the deputy paralyzed from the waist down. Westrup pled guilty on November 3, 2023. "Westrup's   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Six alleged members of the La Mara Salvartrucha, or MS-13 gang, have been charged with racketeering charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Two of the defendants are charged with murder in aid of racketeering. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on April 16, 2024, and wa  more