WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued the following news: More than 300 students in Memphis, Tennessee, participated in candid conversations about the Constitution with federal judges and attorneys as part of Civics Day. Sept. 20 marked the third Civics Day, a flagship Federal Bar Association (FBA) event offered to public schools in the city hosting the association's annual meeting. "Personal interactions between students and legal professionals can go a   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kali Bradford, AEDC Public Affairs First responders with Arnold Air Force Base were recognized for their service at the Sept. 12, 2023, meeting of the Arnold Community Council, or ACC. Arnold Fire and Emergency Services Fire Prevention Officer Christian Lyle, Arnold FES Fire Inspector Guy Chastain, and Department of the Air Force Police Officer Nick Watson were each presented with plaques  more

CARTHAGE, Tennessee, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: Cordell Hull Lake recently received a Handshake Partnership Grant in partnership with Smith County Rescue Squad to make improvements to Bear Waller Gap Trail in Defeated, Tennessee. Kenny Claywell, Cordell Hull Lake Resource manager, said volunteers re-marked the 5.5-mile trail on the shoreline of the lake and installed new first aid stations along the trail. The two emergenc  more

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * Black Employees Were Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment that Included Racial Slurs, Threatening Conduct and Humiliating Working Conditions, Federal Agency Charges * * * Asphalt Paving Systems, Inc. (APS), an asphalt paving company with offices in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Tennessee, violated federal law by subjecting 12 Black employees w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornado on Aug. 7, 2023. The President's action makes public assistance federal funding available to affected state and eligible local governments and certain private   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Using light instead of heat, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a new way to release carbon dioxide, or CO2, from a solvent used in direct air capture, or DAC, to trap this greenhouse gas. The novel approach paves the way for economically viable separation of CO2 from the atmosphere. The on-demand release of carbon di  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The 25th annual National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering was held August 6-18. Each year, graduate students visit Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories to learn how to use neutrons and X-rays to study energy and materials. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy The students have access to almost the entire suite of neutron instruments at S  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The ORNL DAAC gathers, processes, archives and distributes information on key land processes, including the shifting ecological and geomorphological features of the U.S. Atchafalaya and Terrebonne basins gathered by the NASA Delta-X mission shown here. Credit: NASA Delta-X In 1993 as data managers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory began co  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced the establishment of the Center for AI Security Research, or CAISER, to address threats already present as governments and industries around the world adopt artificial intelligence and take advantage of the benefits it promises in data processing, operational efficiencies and decision-making. The CA  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: For 25 years, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used their broad expertise in human health risk assessment, ecology, radiation protection, toxicology and information management to develop widely used tools and data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of the agency's Superfund program. Taking advantage of searchable and executable da  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Tennessee and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornado on August 7, 2023. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's Fulvia Pilat and Karren More recently participated in the inaugural 2023 Nanotechnology Infrastructure Leaders Summit and Workshop at the White House, held Sept. 11-13. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Fulvia Pilat and Karren More recently participated in the inaugural 2023 Nanotechnology Infrastructure Leaders Summit and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: A Tennessee man pleaded guilty today to one felony and one misdemeanor related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Ronald Colton McAbee, 29, of Un  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: On September 25, 2023, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced $6,487,260 in Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) funding. * Blount County, County Executive - $22,147. * City of Chattanooga - $192,244. * City of Kingsport - $28,103. * City of Knoxville - $154,782. * City of Morristown - $18  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: On September 27, 2023, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced $1,338,556 in Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) funding. * City of Bristol - $11,487. * City of Knoxville - $632,355. * County of Greene - $14,364. * Middle Tennessee State University - $99,818. * University of Tennessee Knox  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the city of Etowah, Tennessee, for redevelopment of the local water treatment plant. This grant will provide for the establishment of a new manufacturing facility that will support the electric vehicl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $4.65 million in "quick release" Emergency Relief funds for use by the U.S. Forest Service to repair damages to federally-owned roadways caused by heavy rain and severe flooding in Tennessee. The funds will offset costs of repa  more

ABINGDON, Virginia, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Christopher R. Kavanaugh, issued the following news release: A pair of Tennessee men, who conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia, were sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Abingdon. Darin Kent Thomas, 38, of Strawberry Pines, Tennessee, previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and possessing firearms in furtheran  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL -- already the world's most powerful accelerator-based neutron source -- will be on a planned hiatus through June 2024 as crews work to upgrade the facility. Credit: Brett Riffert/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- already the world's most powerful accelerator-based neut  more