SHAW AFB, South Carolina, July 19 -- Shaw Air Force Base issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Kelsey Owen, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Six thousand feet in the air, the world seems calm. Clouds hang lazily in the sky, sometimes drifting across the glare of the sun, and no other soul is around for miles. Then, a voice speaks from the radio. "Aircraft 15 miles north of Andrews, South Carolina. This is an armed defense fighter - you are approaching a flight restricted area. Identify y  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Buffalo District issued the following news release: Lt. Col. Robert Burnham, a Beaufort, South Carolina native and a veteran of the Afghanistan war, assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District on July 18. Burnham will lead the district's more than 300 team members, responsible for projects in 16 commercial and 19 recreational Great Lakes harbors, leadership of the Radiological Waste Design Center for USACE  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A South Carolina man was sentenced to prison today after he previously pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Thomas Andrew Casselman, 30, o  more