WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a $700,000 agreement with Covenant Transport Inc. (Covenant), as well as the affiliated entity Transport Management Services LLC (Transport), two transportation logistics and long-haul trucking companies headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The agreement resolves the department's determination that the company violated the anti-  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, Clay Joyner, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2023: A Chattanooga, Tennessee man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a racketeering (RICO) conspiracy involving him and other members of the Simon City Royals gang. On Thursday afternoon, U. S. District Judge Michael P. Mills sentenced Jonathan Davis, 39, to 365 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised r  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Conceptual art depicts machine learning finding an ideal material for capacitive energy storage. Its carbon framework shown in black, has functional groups with oxygen, shown in pink, and nitrogen, shown in turquoise. Credit: Tao Wang/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Guided by machine learning, chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2023: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to intervene in an adjudicatory hearing on Kairos Power's application for a construction permit to build the Hermes 2 test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Petitions to intervene in a hearing must be filed by January 22, 2024, by anyone whose interest may be affected by the proposed   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) recently held an open house event, part of its ongoing commitment to keep the public informed about cleanup progress at the Oak Ridge Reservation, which is located in two counties in East Tennessee and near a population of more than 100,000 residents. "We really want the community to come out and  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release: A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against three men indicted in a murder-for-hire scheme, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. Erik Maund, 48, and Bryon Brockway, 48, both of Austin, Texas and Adam Carey, 32, of Richlands, North Carolina were convicted of murder-for-hire with death resulting afte  more