BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Hailey Farrell, 2d Bomb Wing Airmen from across the 2nd Bomb Wing successfully concluded exercise Red Devil Thunder 24-3 June 27, 2024 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. RDT is one of many small-scale exercises that provide a training opportunity for aircrew members and maintainers on how to respond to an alert and perform a nuclear generation. "An alert is getting ready   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 1, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Hurricane season affects county employment and wages in the 19 Gulf and Atlantic Coast states. Every third quarter, during peak hurricane season, we update maps and data for hurricane flood zones in these coastal states. In third quarter of 2023, Louisiana, once again, had the largest share of employment located in hurricane flood z  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, July 3 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: As a plastic surgeon's assistant, Lakesia Williams witnessed many life-changing transformations. Thanks to a Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) grant that supports first-time homebuyers, she experienced one herself. An $18,000 Homebuyer Equity Leverage Partnership (HELP) grant from FHLB Dallas provided through ANECA Federal C  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that the Town of Franklinton (Franklinton), Louisiana, has agreed to pay $230,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle allegations that it violated the Fair Housing Act when it blocked a proposed affordable housing development for low-income tenants in a predominantly white part of Franklinton. Under the agreement (https://www.justice.gov/crt/case/u  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that CHRISTIAN CONRAD CLAUS, age 55, has been indicted on one count of Wire Fraud, one count of Mail Fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit those crimes, one count of Use of a Facility in Interstate Commerce in Aid of Bribery, one count of conspiracy to commit that crime, and one count of Making a False Stateme  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 4 -- 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 JASON LONIE ("LONIE"), age 47, pled guilty on July 2, 2024, before United States District Judge Darrel James Papillion to possession with intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B). As a result of his guilty pl  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: GERARD TURNER ("TURNER"), age 22, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to 87 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release, along with a $400 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United St  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A New Orleans man pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. Yancy Johnson, 45, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, in 2023, an investigation was initiated into a possible drug trafficking organization operating in Louisiana and the Southern District of Mississippi. Agents received i  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 2 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced three public scoping meetings will be held on the Morganza to the Gulf (MTG) Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). The SEIS will evaluate design changes to the authorized MTG project to meet the one percent Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) Storm Surge Risk Reduction (100-year level of risk reduction). Public Meet  more