AIKEN, South Carolina, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: Augusta Technical College (Augusta Tech) and members of the Savannah River Site (SRS) Apprenticeship school recently held a joint graduation ceremony for 20 new graduates of their inaugural class of Production Operator Apprentices, who will now enter the workforce as nuclear operators at SRS. "We are excited to see this next class of nuclear operators enter the SRS workforce  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Atlanta Division issued the following news release: James Brewer, 36, of Columbia was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of fentanyl. Evidence presented to the court showed that on April 22, 2022, Brewer and the victim, R.B., discussed the exchange of drugs and that Brewer sent R.B. a picture with a syringe loaded with the drugs, which Brewer subseque  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Martrell Johnson-Cooke, 28, and Krishawn Shykeice Allen, 23, both of Camden, were sentenced to 10 years and seven years in federal prison, respectively, after pleading guilty to attempted possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm. In 2021, law enforcement received information that Johnson-Cooke was a drug dis  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: James Brewer, 36, of Columbia was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of fentanyl. Evidence presented to the court showed that on April 22, 2022, Brewer and the victim, R.B., discussed the exchange of drugs and that Brewer sent R.B. a picture with a syringe loaded with the drugs, which Brewer subsequently gave to R  more

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Six individuals in the Upstate have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The following defendants entered guilty pleas in federal court: Jonathan Sarratt, 38, of Gaffney Christopher Biggerstaff, 41, of Chester. Biggerstaff also pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Mikenzi Walker, 25,  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Interactive Research and Development South Africa NPC (IRD SA) has agreed to pay $671,914 to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) false claims for payment related to employees of IRD SA who were allegedly not working. In October 2019, USAID awarded  more