BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with three test re-entry vehicles Sept. 6 at 1:26 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States'   more

HOUMA, Louisiana, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD), Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), and the Port of Terrebonne signed a partnering agreement to begin efforts to advance the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) Deepening project. The total construction cost is $253,458,000. U.S. Army Corps Mississippi Valley Division Co  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman Rhea Beil, 2BW/PA The East Child Development Center will begin construction and limited operations Sept. 19. The East CDC was built in 1972 and is one of the oldest in the Air Force. Since the building is more than 50 years old, it is due for maintenance renovations to secure the safety and wellness of children and staff. The year-long construction project will address indoor  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: By 2D Lt Noelle Grey, 2BW/PA Military personnel and their spouses who have a valid teaching license from another state are now eligible to teach in the state of Louisiana thanks to the passing of House Bill 472. Up until Aug. 1, 2023, military personnel and their spouses who had teaching certificates from other states could not teach in the state of Louisiana, which made it difficult fo  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Finds Parishes Supportive Living misclassified employees as independent contractors * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring the operator of a New Orleans-area home healthcare agency to pay 80 workers a total of $630,000 in back wages and damages after the employer misclassified them as independent contractors. Entered in the U.S  more

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 7 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following member bulletin (No. 2023-22) on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) is accepting nominations through October 25, 2023 for seats on its 2024 Affordable Housing Advisory Council (Advisory Council). The 13-person Advisory Council provides guidance to the Bank's Board of Directors (Board) on housing finance and community investment  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: * * * Restaurant Group Settles Federal Charges It Subjected African American Workers to Racially Hostile Work Environment, Refused to Rehire Them Because of Their Race and in Retaliation for Complaints * * * Hooters of Louisiana, LLC and associated companies ("Hooters") have agreed to pay former African American employees $650,000 to settle a race and retaliation  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: A federal grand jury in Shreveport, Louisiana, returned a three-count indictment today charging former DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office (DPSO) Correctional Officer Javarrea Pouncy with federal civil rights violations for willfully using unreasonable force against a detainee, failing to obtain medical care for the detainee and obstructing justice. According to the indictment, on Sept. 27, 201  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: On September 6, 2023, United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced ASHTON J. RYAN, JR., age 75, of Kenner, Louisiana, to a term of imprisonment of 170 months following RYAN's convictions for bank fraud and making false statements in bank records, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. In February 2023, following a five-week t  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Shreveport, Louisiana, has returned a three-count indictment charging former DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office (DPSO) Correctional Officer Javarrea Pouncy with federal civil rights violations for willfully using unreasonable force against a detainee, failing to obtain medical care for the detainee and obstructing justice. According  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: EMANUEL ROSS, age 24, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on September 6, 2023 before United States District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Fentanyl in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) and Possession of a Machinegun in violation of Title 18, United States Code,   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: JOHN CRAWFORD, age 39, a New Orleans resident, pleaded guilty on September 6, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to a superseding bill of information charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Accord  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with three test re-entry vehicles Sept. 6 at 1:26 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States' nuclear deterr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56722) involving Waterford Nuclear Plant, Louisiana: * * * Facility: Waterford Region: 4 State: LA Unit: [3] [] [] RX Type: [3] CE NRC Notified By: Monica Peak HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith Notification Date: 09/06/2023 Notification Time: 19:22 [ET] Event Date: 09/06/2023 Event Time: 10:00 [CDT] Last Update Date: 09/06/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 26.719 -  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 8 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 33 Arkansas counties and neighboring parishes and counties in Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by excessi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 8 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 46 Louisiana parishes and neighboring counties in Mississippi are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary parishes  more