Thursday - November 21, 2024
News Tipoffs - New Jersey Editors Newsletter for Thursday November 21, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Military Academy: Cyber And Engineering Academic Center Named
WEST POINT, New York, Nov. 21 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: The U.S. Military Academy announced its newest academic facility will be named in honor of the West Point graduate who oversaw construction of the Panama Canal. The Academy's future Cyber and Engineering Academic Center will be named Goethals Hall, in honor of Maj. Gen. George Washington Goethals, West Point Class of 1880. Goethals, a Brooklyn native, was the Army engineer who supervised the construction   more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Maryland Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Eastern Panhandle
MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Shawn Gorsira, 53, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for distributing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine in Berkeley County. According to court documents and statements made in court, Gorsira was a distributor for a drug trafficking conspiracy, selling large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Berkeley Count  more