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News Tipoffs - Indiana Editors Newsletter for Tuesday July 09, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Army Corps of Engineers Announces the Update of the Cecil M. Harden Lake Shoreline Management Plan
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, July 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District has updated the Shoreline Management Plan for Cecil M. Harden Lake located in Rockville, Indiana. The Cecil M. Harden Shoreline Management Plan has been updated due to USACE assuming sole responsibility of the program, which was previously managed in coordination with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The purpose of  more

Attorney General Moody Stands Up for Moms Against White Baseball Pants and Fights Biden's Latest Radical Energy Policy Pushing Senseless Standards on Washing Machines
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 9 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led a 23-state coalition of attorneys general opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans. This time, the administration is weaseling its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further its radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on washing machines. Atto  more

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Indiana's 'Internet for All' Initial Proposal
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: * * * Indiana Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $868 Million * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Indiana's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's   more

DEA-Chicago: Southern Indiana Meth Trafficking Operation Disrupted; Trio Sent to Federal Prison
EVANSVILLE, Indiana, July 9 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division issued the following news release: Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and Zachary A. Myers of the Southern District of Indiana announced that Colin January, 47, of Evansville, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute me  more

Ind. U.S. Attorney: Evansville Meth Trafficking Operation Disrupted; Trio Sent to Federal Prison
EVANSVILLE, Indiana, July 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Colin January, 47, of Evansville, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Patricia Minor, 41, and Blenda Lundburg, 57, of Evansville, have been sentenced to 29 months' (Minor) a  more

Ind. U.S. Attorney: Illegally Armed Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: LaDarien McGee, 27, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute. According to court documents, on January 9, 2024, IMPD executed a state search warrant and a fugitive arrest warrant on LaDarien McGee at a   more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Files Brief in Support of Religious Liberty Before U.S. Supreme Court
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 9 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 25 other state attorneys general filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose the Hillsborough County Transit Authority's no-religious-speech advertising policy. Drummond urged the Court to review the policy because it infringes on the First Amendment rights of a Jewish synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, to advertise on public tr  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Saint Martin Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Narcotics Trafficking and Possession of Firearm by Illegal Alien
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: A Saint Martin citizen unlawfully residing in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his convictions of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, heroin, and cocaine, and unlawful possession of a firearm b  more