MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release: On September 25, 2024, a federal jury convicted 45-year-old Vanshun Traywick, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, on federal drug conspiracy charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson. According to court records and evidence presented during Traywick's trial, in 2020, law enforcement began an investigation related to a suspected drug-traffic  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Lunar colonization was the focus recently when cadets from the Arizona Wing's Davis Monthan Composite Squadron 334 recently teamed up with Trent Tresch, the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 director of research and development, to assist with his moon-oriented experiments. Using high-tech equipment, the cadets participated in ongoing experiments to determine more accessible cost-effici  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sarafina Network, LLC, the owner and operator of several gas station convenience stores in Alabama, violated federal law when it subjected an employee at its Double Springs, Alabama location to a hostile work environment based on his disabilities and retaliated against him for complaining of the unlawful harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charg  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of Alabama and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Helene beginning on September 22, 2024, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (F  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Nine months after the U.S. Air Force announced the decision to reintegrate warrant officers into the force, the Warrant Officer Training School officially opened its doors with a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 25, 2024, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In less than 15 days, WOTS will welcome the Air Force's first cohort of 30 warrant officer candi  more