WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news on May 16, 2024: When most people hear the name Rosa Parks, they think of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1950s Alabama, where Parks was a spark in the early days of the civil rights movement. But after her pivotal role in Montgomery, Parks moved to Detroit to continue her equity work, where she lived near family until 1988. Parks participated in the March on Washington (1963), Mississippi Freedom Summer (1964),  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The Chicago District is geared up to put an additional $27.8 million to work from the Fiscal Year 2024 Civil Works appropriations. Congress allocated a hefty $8.681 billion for the Army Civil Works Program, spreading across various crucial areas like Investigations, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, Mississippi River and Tributaries, and Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Actio  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Starkville man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking. According to court documents, Chad Boyd, aka Chadrick Robinson, 41, previously pled guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), also known as "ice," a Schedule II controlled substance. Boyd was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mil  more