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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Thursday August 22, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Former Employee of the City of Alexander for Theft
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after an investigation by his office's Public Integrity Unit led to the arrest of Melissa Ann Anthony-Ratliff, 36, a former employee of the city of Alexander, in Memphis, Tennessee: "I commend the agents in my office's Public Integrity Unit who worked diligently to investigate this case. Corruption in a  more

DOE: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $53.6 Million to Expand Weatherization Assistance Program and Lower Costs for More American Households
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * The Investing in America Agenda is Supporting Innovative Demonstration Projects That Will Enhance the Weatherization Assistance Program and Expand Public and Private Partnerships to Support Clean Energy Jobs * * * As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that it has selected fourteen state and territorial weatherization of  more

U.S. Attorney for D.C.: Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: A Texas woman pleaded guilty today to felony and misdemeanor charges related to her conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Her 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. Kellye SoRelle, 45, of Grandbury, Tex  more

USACE Chief of Engineers Signs Chief's Report Recommending Vital Memphis District Ecosystem Restoration Study to Congress
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District issued the following news release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon signed the Chief's Report recommending the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Study to Congress for consideration, Aug. 12, 2024. The three-year study, which began in 2021 with a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement signing between the Memphis Dist  more

Woman Charged for Scheme to Defraud Elvis Presley's Family
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release: A Missouri woman was arrested this morning on federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family of millions of dollars and steal the family's ownership interest in Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, located in Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa Jeanine Findley, also known as Lisa Holden, Lisa Howell, Gregory Naussany, Kurt   more