WASHINGTON, May 12 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, awarded nearly $5 million to five AmeriCorps Seniors grantee organizations in Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee to address economic opportunity and build pathways to employment for older adults. These grants are the second year of a program to enhance opportunities for adults ages 55+ to participate in national service activities, improve thei  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command issued the following news: The Tennessee Valley Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association recognized five members of the Army Materiel Command workforce during an awards dinner April 18 at the Jackson Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The NDIA-TVC presented leadership, management and technology awards to the following AMC personnel: * Col. Samuel Glover, Leadership Excellence Award *  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: EM crews are slated to take down hundreds of old, contaminated buildings at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Y-12 National Security Complex. Many of them will remain standing for years to come due to the large amount of work required to demolish them. The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is tasked with keeping them safe until  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty today to unlawfully distributing controlled substances and health care fraud. According to court documents, Kelly McCallum, 41, of Dyersburg, was an advance practice registered nurse who operated Convenient Care Clinic and held a registration from the DEA, which allowed her to prescribe controlled substances. From January 2017 until early 2021, McCallum had se  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:23-cv-00459; M.D. Tenn. filed May 9, 2023) involving Personalized Healthcare Solution LLC and Clayton R. Thomas: * * * SEC Charges Tennessee Resident and Company with Selling Fraudulent Promissory Notes * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Brentwood, Tennessee resident Clayton R. Thomas and the now defunct entity he controlled, Personalized Healthcare Solution, LL  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: Tennessee farmers expect to harvest 28.8 million bushels of winter wheat during 2023 according to the Tennessee Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The expected crop for 2023 would be up 18% from the previous year. Farmers seeded 470,000 acres last fall with 400,000 acres to be harvested for grain.   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a May 18 public meeting with Nuclear Fuel Services to discuss the results of the agency's licensee performance review of the company's nuclear fuel fabrication plant located in Erwin, Tennessee. The event is scheduled to run from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Unicoi County Courthouse, 100 N. Main Avenue in Erwin. Members of the public and media unable to attend in perso  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The National Security Agency Central Security Service issued the following news release: The name of Captain James D. Stallings, U.S. Army, will be added to the National Security Agency's Cryptologic Wall at a ceremony on May 25, 2023. General Paul Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, will host the family of Captain Stallings at the ceremony. Captain Stallings, a native of Carthage, Tennessee, join  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Paul Abston, leader of the HPC Infrastructure Operations Group of the National Center for Computational Sciences and manager of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's data center, has been named Data Center Manager of the Year for 2023. The award, sponsored by Data Center World, the global conference for data center facilities and IT professionals, recognizes   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 9 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists led the development of a supply chain model revealing the optimal places to site farms, biorefineries, pipelines and other infrastructure for sustainable aviation fuel production. The project focused on carinata, a hardy, oil-rich plant targeted as a winter bioenergy crop in Georgia. Scientists used geographical data t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Nonfood, plant-based biofuels have potential as a green alternative to fossil fuels, but the enzymes required for production are too inefficient and costly to produce. However, new research is shining a light on enzymes from fungi that could make biofuels economically viable. Enzymes called lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases, or LPMOs, excel at breaking down organic  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: Five persons charged last year in an undocumented worker harboring scheme connected to eight mid-state restaurants, have pleaded guilty, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Thomas J. Jaworski. In plea hearings concluded this week, Zhongzhi "Tommy" Zhuo, 46, Jianping "Alan" Zhuo, 37, both of Hendersonville, Tenn., and Jianhua "Jason" Zhuo, 35, of Gallatin, Tenn., pl  more