OCALA, Florida, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Shane McMillan (51, Texas) to 25 years in federal prison following jury verdicts finding McMillan guilty of assault with the intent to commit murder and possession of a prohibited object by a federal inmate. According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, McMillan was an inmate in the Coleman Federal   more

OCALA, Florida, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Terrance Maurice Washington (42, Marion County) to 14 years in federal prison for possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine and fentanyl) with intent to distribute it. Washington entered a guilty plea on June 26, 2024. According to court documents, on multiple occasions between October 2023 and Ja  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: In fall 2024, NOAA's Office of Habitat Conservation awarded The Nature Conservancy(link is external) $12 million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act to fund the GulfCorps program for the next 3 years. Since 2017, GulfCorps has engaged more than 500 young people in hundreds of coastal restoration and conservation projects across the five Gulf Coast states. Alexi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * $41.7 million for Florida, $8.4 million for Iowa, $6.9 million for Montana, $2.1 million for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and $2.1 million for Guam * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today has approved and recommended for award application  more

DORAL, Florida, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command issued the following news release: President of Guyana Mohamed Irfaan Ali visited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Dec. 5 and met with SOUTHCOM's commander, U.S. Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, to discuss the U.S.-Guyanese bilateral defense partnership and regional security. The president's visit is the latest demonstration of the deepening of the U.S. partnership with the South American nation - a relationship SOUTHCOM is st  more