MOBILE, Alabama, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release: A Lexington, Mississippi, man was sentenced on July 18, 2024, to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, Morris Alan Morgan, 39, was a courier for Darrin J. Southall, a notorious and prolific drug distributor who operated in Mobile, Alabama, since 2016. Southall previously pled guilty to operat  more

MOBILE, Alabama, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release: Four members of a federal drug conspiracy were sentenced on July 19 in federal court. Otis Sanders, Jr., 35, of Moss Point, Mississippi; Richard Dewise, 39, of Grand Bay, Alabama; Jeffery Ryan Clark, 28, of Mobile; and Maurice Marcell Carter, 44, of Moss Point, Mississippi, appeared before United States District Court Judge Kristi K. Dubose in separate sentencing h  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY Global Ordnance,* Sarasota, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0001); High Noon Unlimited Inc.,* Holiday, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0002); and Paramount Enterprises International Inc.,* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (W52P1J-21-D-0003), will compete for each order of the $189,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Trinitrotoluene. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and fundi  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, July 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Official websites use .mil Secure .mil websites use HTTPS U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Juvante Thompson, Joint Communications Support Element data systems administrator, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zackary Rall, JCSE expeditionary communications, work together to set up computers during a JCSE exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, July 23, 2024. JCSE teamed up with  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 24 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following opinion column on July 22, 2024: * * * Legislature Must Slam Door Shut on Foreign Land Ownership By Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson Last week I attended the Republican National Convention with our Mississippi delegation. On Wednesday night, President Donald J. Trump's former press secretary and current Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke to the energeti  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Carthage man was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute over 5 grams of methamphetamine on the Choctaw Indian Reservation and possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, in September 2023, Roby Lee Jackson, Jr., 32, possessed the methamphetamine near the Red W  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced a $77.8 million investment in 14 projects through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Spanning 50 institutions across 21 jurisdictions, this investment aims to build research and development capacity and strengthen STEM education opportunities in states that have traditionally received lower levels of funding. "  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 24 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on July 23, 2024: Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of state attorneys general in sending a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), expressing concerns over their revived pilot program aimed at removing title insurance requirements from certain loans sold to Fannie Mae. The original pilot program, initially proposed by the Biden Administration,   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Three Rivers Solid Waste Management Authority in Pontotoc, Mississippi, for infrastructure improvements to support disaster resiliency in the region. This grant will support upgrades to three solid waste transfer st  more