BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, May 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news on May 20, 2024: Air Force Global Strike Command published a memorandum today signed by the commander, Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, documenting the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at missile facilities based on an environmental survey by the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), acknowledging that PCBs were likely also present at decommissioned Peacekeeper and Titan m  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the ninth reach including levee, floodwall and a gate on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 1.1 miles of the 18.5-mile-long levee system that will provide 100-year level risk   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 25 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in four Arkansas counties, neighboring parishes in Louisiana and neighboring counties in Mississippi of the June 24, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $2.79 million in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/) agenda to expedite the  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-155) on May 21, 2024: * * * 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 si  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 25 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) has launched a $1 million fund to support affordable housing on tribal lands in its District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. Through the new, Native American Housing Opportunities Fund, federally recognized tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) spons  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 24-22) on May 20, 2024: * * * GITI TIRE (USA) LTD. Complainant VS. FLEXPORT INTERNATIONAL LLC, Respondent NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Please enter my appearance in this proceeding as counsel for Complainant, Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. I am an attorney admitted to practice and in good standing before the courts of the state of Louisiana. I request to be informed of all notices, orders, initial or re  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Severe weather moved through portions of the Central Plains and the Midwest overnight bringing high winds, tornadoes and large hail. While preliminary reports indicate 23 potential tornado touch downs, primarily in Iowa. The National Weather Service is forecasting an enhanced risk of severe storms with large hail, wind damage and possible tornadoes across the  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: WALTER ALVAREZ TIRADO ("TIRADO"), age 34, a resident of Chula Vista, California, was sentenced on May 21, 2024, to 144 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. TIRADO previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetami  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: TERRY REED, age 54, and CHASSIDY MENARD, age 38, a couple from Lafayette Parish, were charged on May 9, 2024, in a four-count indictment by a federal grand Jury. REED was charged with possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers, in violation of 2  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANYTHONY DOYLE ("DOYLE"), age 40, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on May 21, 2024 by Chief United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown on three (3) counts of distribution of Fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 841(b)(1)(C). Accor  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LARRY JAMES ("JAMES"), age 23, of Madisonville, Louisiana, pled guilty on May 21, 2024, to violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, before United States District Judge Susie Morgan. Specifically, JAMES pled guilty to Counts 1 through 5 of the indictment pending against him. Count 1 charged him with conspir  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations has extended the current intergovernmental service agreement with Winn Parrish for the Winn Correction Center in Winnfield, Louisiana. The contract extension is valid until June 30, 2024. The agency has an intergovernmental service agreement (IGSA) with Winn Parrish and the facility is ope  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: * * * Travelers can now use the LA Wallet at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and 26 other airports * * * The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now accepting Louisiana-issued mobile driver licenses (mDLs) at checkpoints with digital ID readers nationwide. Travelers who have downloaded the LA Wall  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: Two related companies that operated the motor tanker PS Dream - Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret - pleaded guilty today to conspiracy, knowingly violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice related to the falsification of the tanker's Oil Record Book, which is a required log. The guilty p  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.8 million grant to The Split Second Foundation Inc. in New Orleans, Louisiana, for building infrastructure improvements to support workforce development efforts. This grant will renovate existing commercial space to suppo  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has scheduled two virtual public update meetings for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMR Comp) on Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Both meetings will be held via WebEx with the following log in information: * Meeting number: 1991 65 9004 * Online: https://usace1.webex.com/meet/mvnpa  more