SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 24 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news: "No one is more professional than I. I am a non-commissioned officer, a leader of Soldiers." Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Barber, State Command Sergeant Major, Illinois Army National Guard, said that first sentence of the U.S. Army's Non-commissioned Officer's creed fittingly describes Sgt. Maj. Russell Creviston, the ILARNG's Plans, Operations and Training (G-3) sergeant major, who was honored for 32 years o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announcing six 2024 Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) Program grant awards. RRTCs conduct research, provide training and technical assistance, and share information to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against , a registered Futures Commission Merchant that operates out of Deer Park, Illinois. The CFTC order finds NTC failed to have adequate policies and procedures governing the emergency handling of accounts and did not exercise sufficient oversight over its employees' handling of accounts  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 24 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news: Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Kelly, an experienced combat leader and Chicago Police Officer, has been selected as the 15th State Command Sergeant Major for the Illinois Army National Guard. He will be replacing Command Sgt. Maj. Phillip Barber who has accepted a Senior Enlisted Leader assignment with First Army at Rock Island Arsenal. * "Command Sergeant Major Barber has done a stellar job since November 202  more

MCALLEN, Texas, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division issued the following news release: A 31-year-old Mission man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of two counts of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Esteban Almentor-Lopez faced two se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * Newly integrated program supported by DOE will help local governments expand distributed solar and wind energy, as well as electric vehicle charging * * * The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) today launched Energy Ready, a new integrated effort funded by the U.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement facility issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * ARM Radar Data Mentor Ya-Chien Feng Serves as 2024 ARM Open Science Summer School instructor * * * Ya-Chien Feng got her first taste of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility in 2018, when she participated in an ARM Summer Training and Science Applications event (https://www.arm.gov/news/facility/post/51711) in O  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Forty-nine U.S. Air Force officers were awarded the coveted silver wings as a symbol of their hard work and training during a graduation ceremony held Sept. 20, 2024. Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) is a training program that helps prepare prospective military pilots. Upon completion of the program, graduates earn their silver wings as Air Force aviators. The speaker at the C  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. David Lietz, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - With service deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, under two different military occupational specialties, Isaura Guerrero-Perez, assigned to the 85th USARSC's G8 section, shares her story of service emigrating to the United States and later advancing as an Army officer and Army Civilian. "My Army Reserve car  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a $10 million settlement with Teleperformance Colombia SAS, TPUSA Inc., and Teleperformance SE (collectively, Teleperformance). The agreement resolves allegations that the third-party vendor working on behalf of several alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES) deceived customers into switching from their public utility compani  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 24 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * Impacted communities can now access individual assistance * * * United States President Joseph R. Biden signed a federal Major Disaster Declaration authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Individual Assistance program for Cook, Fulton, Henry, St. Clair, Washington, Will, and Winnebago County. "Millions of residents across the state have incurred da  more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico issued the following news release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has approved an initial set of 78 communities across 47 states, territories, and the District of Columbia for designation under Section 1103 of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022. San Juan, in the District of Puerto Rico, has been designated as a participant in this initiative. The Justice Department -   more

MCALLEN, Texas, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A 31-year-old Mission man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of two counts of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Esteban Almentor-Lopez faced two separate narcotics charges and pleaded guilty March 1, 2021, and Dec. 20, 2022. Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane ha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to felony destruction of property 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. Justin LaGesse, 37, of McLeansboro, Illinois, pleaded gu  more