BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Senior Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle, 307th Bomb Wing Public Afairs Representatives from Boeing, SEMPRE, Northrop Grumman, Skydio, and Near Earth Autonomy demonstrated multiple technologies on the B-52 Stratofortress here, July 16. Leadership and B-52 maintainers from Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Mobility Command, and the 8th Air Force were on hand as the various companies demonst  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * AmeriCorps CEO and board members meet with grantees, members and volunteers in New Orleans, La. * * * NEW ORLEANS, La.-- AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announced more than $10 million in federal funding to Volunteer Louisiana, the state's service commission, during a delegation trip with AmeriCorps board members and CEO Michael D. Smith. The grant award will support the service o  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 25 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Jean Graves FORT JOHNSON, La. -- Incorporating mental health and wellness checks with the birth month Soldier Readiness Program, is an introduction to behavioral health resources and encourages personal resilience at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Lt. Col. Alexander Ragan, installation director for psychological health, said the wellness checks take 20 to 30 minutes and are an  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, July 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news on July 26, 2024: Air Force Global Strike Command announced the results of its accident investigation today into the Jan. 4 crash of a B-1B bomber at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. All four crew members, assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, were able to eject from the aircraft during the crash. Two sustained injuries during the ejection sequence and were medically treated and released. Th  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSres) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: A ruptured hydraulic hose spraying fuel on a hot engine led to a fire aboard a towing vessel in Louisiana's Lake Salvador, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The fire broke out in the engine room as the towing vessel Desperado was transiting near Bayou Perot, Louisiana, on Feb. 17, 2023. The three crewmembers aboard could not extinguish the fire with  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education's Foundations curriculum achieved full operational capability July 19, 2024, after nine months of course testing and training. The last Barnes Center mobile training team departed Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans after graduating 50 Louisiana Air National Guard Airmen from Airmanship 300, 500 and 700 courses. Since N  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Louisiana physician yesterday for conspiring to illegally distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule II controlled substances, including oxycodone and morphine, and for defrauding health care benefit programs of more than $5.4 million. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Adrian Dexter Talbot, 58, of Slidell, owned and operated Medex C  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced the sentencing of Timothy Franklin, age 40, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles as the result of an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking net  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted a Louisiana physician yesterday for conspiring to illegally distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule II controlled substances, including oxycodone and morphine, and for defrauding health care benefit programs of more than $5.4 million. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Adrian Dexter Talbot, 58, of S  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 23 -- 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 DJOHN BRYANT ("BRYANT"), age 31, of New Orleans, was indicted on July 19, 2024 for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances and Gun Control Acts. BRYANT is charged in Count 1 of the indictment with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, oxycodone, tapentadol, and   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: HAROLD DECLOUET, age 22, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on July 24, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Jane Milazzo to 70 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, along with a $400 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to two counts of distributing cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 841(a)(1)  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: Morris James, 52, of Broussard, Louisiana, has been sentenced on drug related charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. James was sentenced by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 42 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. This charge was the result   more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Louisiana leaders are working with Idaho National Laboratory's (INL) Frontiers Initiative to help the state -- known for its hydrocarbon and chemical industries -- become a national leader in advanced nuclear energy. INL experts will help the state develop a strategic plan to use nuclear energy to power its manufacturing sector and support growing grid-scale electrical dem  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1340X) entitled "CG Railway LLC - Discontinuance of Service Exemption - in New Orleans, Louisiana": * * * On July 1, 2024, CG Railway, LLC (CGR), a Class III rail carrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to discontinue service over approximately 3.4 miles of rail line in New Orleans, L  more

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, July 24 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa issued the following news: Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrived at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania, for Bomber Task Force 24-4, Sunday. While flying in international airspace and in accordance with international law, the U.S. B-52 aircraft were intercepted by two Russian aircraft over the Barents Sea at approximately  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS) -- Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrived at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, for Bomber Task Force 24-4, July 21. While flying in international airspace and in accordance with international law, the U.S. B-52 aircraft were intercepted by two Russian aircraft over th  more