ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 31 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters selected Alex Webb, an attorney with the Corps of Engineers' St. Paul District and Eagan, Minnesota, resident, as its 2024 recipient of the E. Manning Seltzer Award for his work on the Upper Mississippi River Dredged Material Management Program. The E. Manning Award is a national award named after the chief legal advisor to the Chief  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, May 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: A Mississippi corporation operating as Mary Mahoney's Old French House restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, pled guilty today to conspiracy to misbrand seafood and wire fraud. A co-owner/manager of the restaurant also pled guilty to misbranding of seafood. According to court documents, Mary Mahoney's Old French House, Inc., pled guilty to a   more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, May 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Gautier man was sentenced to 192 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 1800 grams of methamphetamine. Tevin Lashonfloyd Minor, 32, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, Minor sold narcotics to buyers on three separate occasions. On July 11, 2022, Minor sold approxima  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, May 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A local rapper was sentenced to 170 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute over 37 grams of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Ronald Cobbs, Jr. a/k/a Lil Ron a/k/a Reverend Bankroll, 39, of Jackson, was distributing narcotics at his t-shirt business located in North Mart Plaza in Jackson. Cobbs was indicted by a fe  more