NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed an updated certified total project cost for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain hurricane and storm damage risk reduction system. To deliver the project to its authorized levee elevations and complete the system's pump stations and drainage structures, approximately $1.27 billion in additional funding will be required. Ano  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 28, 2023, entitled "Louisiana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2023": * * * Louisiana had 157,000 job openings in May 2023, compared to 148,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job openings rat  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: * * * Investigations identify violations in two states affecting 83 minors at 16 locations * * * Federal investigations at 16 McDonald's franchise locations in Louisiana and Texas have found child labor violations affecting 83 minors, the Department of Labor announced today. In Louisiana, investigators with the department's Wage and Hour Division discovered CLB I  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) awarded a new task order contract to Aptim Federal Services, LLC, of Baton Rouge Louisiana under the Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Removal (DD&R) contract to perform DD&R of the former Ion Beam Facility (IBF) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Me  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-258) on July 26, 2023: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet   more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, July 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of Dean Fitzgerald Williams, 40, of Haynesville, Louisiana. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote sentenced Williams to 181 months (15 years, 1 month) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: BRANDI WEBER, age 28, formerly of New Orleans, LA and now residing in California, pleaded guilty to one-count of making false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. WEBER was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Wendy Vitter to two (2) years' probation. In addition, WE  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: DUANE DUFRENE, age 55, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering before U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche-Milazzo, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans of the Eastern District of Louisiana. According to court document  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: MARVIN SIMS, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon on one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, in violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. SMIS had previously   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: JOHN GUILLORY, III, age 52, JOHN PETRIE, age 39, DEVIN JOHNSON, age 37, and LARRY MOSES, age 22, all residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty to violations of the Federal Controlled Substances and Federal Gun Control Acts, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. GUILLORY, PETRIE and JOHNSON each pled guilty to superseding bills of information cha  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: MERVYN LUCAS, age 28, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was charged on May 19, 2023 in a four-count indictment for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, the Federal Controlled Substances Act, and possessing goods stolen from an interstate shipment, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans. The indictment was unsealed on July 21, 2023. LUCAS is c  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, July 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Aaron Wade Knight, 31, of Noble, Louisiana, has been sentenced for making threats of violence against employees with the Sabine Medical Center (SMC) and the Veterans Administration (VA). Knight was convicted in February 2023 by a federal jury in Shreveport. Knight was sentenced yes  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on July 24, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TERRAN WILLIAMS, a/k/a "Funky," age 25, ALLEN GRAY, a/k/a "Kyedi," age 26, and KERRY BROOKS, age 34, all residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier in connection with a twelve-count indictment charging them with violations of the Fe  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The Environmental Justice Outreach Team for the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Project held an Environmental Justice Outreach Meeting on Wednesday, July 19th at the Terrebonne Folklife Museum in Houma, LA. This Environmental Justice Outreach effort was led by RPEDS Environmental Justice Specialists Andrew Perez and Quanita Kendrick, with some presentation by District Trib  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56641) involving River Bend Nuclear Plant, Louisiana: * * * Facility: River Bend Region: 4 State: LA Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-6 NRC Notified By: Adam Willson HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith Notification Date: 07/26/2023 Notification Time: 09:10 [ET] Event Date: 07/18/2023 Event Time: 15:14 [CDT] Last Update Date: 07/26/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 21.  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56641) involving River Bend Nuclear Plant, Louisiana: * * * Facility: River Bend Region: 4 State: LA Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-6 NRC Notified By: Adam Willson HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith Notification Date: 07/26/2023 Notification Time: 09:10 [ET] Event Date: 07/18/2023 Event Time: 15:14 [CDT] Last Update Date: 07/26/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 21.  more

FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana, July 26 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital was selected to participate in the Defense Health Agency Targeted Care Pilot program to connect service members with behavioral health resources and improve access to care for specialty mental health services. During a recent DHA site visit July 19-20, the behavioral health staff, program, and pilot were evaluated at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Loui  more