PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Residents in Greene County, Pennsylvania, can now request rides to health care appointments and other services as part of a four-month pilot program, advanced with NETL oversight and support, to bring mobility and efficient transportation solutions to rural America. "In much of rural America, public transportation is scarce or unavailable, limiting the ability o  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: At a news conference this morning, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that 12 alleged members of a drug trafficking organization based in Philadelphia's Fairhill section have been indicted on dozens of narcotics and gun charges. U.S. Attorney Romero discussed the case alongside Eric J. DeGree, Special Agent in Charge of ATF Philad  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced in federal court on June 11, 2024, to 46 months of incarceration, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand imposed the sentence on  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Angel Lopez-Guzman, age 37, of Lebanon, PA, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges related to the distribution of controlled substances and unlawful possession of firearms. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment al  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tanner Uffelman, age 29, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 13, 2024, to time served (approximately 13 months' imprisonment) by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to United States Attorne  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The White House sent to the Senate on June 13, 2024, the nominations of eight individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: * Mary Kathleen Costello, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, vice Cynthia M. Rufe, retired. * Caroline A. Crenshaw, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2029. (Reappoin  more