NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Aug. 20, 2024) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District hosted U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-3), Chairman of the House Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee; U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn; and delegations from other senate and congressional staff at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on Aug. 20, 2024,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Aug. 20, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announcing a civil rights investigation into the conditions at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, Hartsville, Tennessee: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. I am joined by U.S. Attorney Henry Leventis for the Middle District of Tennesse  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Like the hundreds of rivers and streams she and her team have rendered in exquisite detail, Debjani Singh's career has taken some twists and turns. Singh is a senior scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory with expertise in water resources, data science and earth science, a combination that makes her uniquely suited to lead the HydroSou  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) completed another key milestone in one of the nation's largest environmental cleanup projects. Congressional, state, and local leaders, along with private industry and officials from DOE and the U.S. Environmental Protec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened an investigation into the conditions at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, a Tennessee Department of Correction facility operated by the private correctional management company CoreCivic. Trousdale Turner, located approximately an hour outside of Nashville, is Tennessee's largest correctional facility. Based on an extensive revi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: The Justice Department, together with the Attorneys General of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against RealPage Inc. for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing and to monopolize the market for commercial revenue management software that landlords u  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: A former Memphis, Tennessee, Police Department (MPD) officer facing federal civil rights charges for the tragic killing of Tyre Nichols pleaded guilty in federal court today. Emmitt Martin III, pleaded guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges arising out of the Jan. 7, 2023, incident. Martin is the second MPD officer to plead guilty in this case. On Sept. 12, 2023, a federal jury ret  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: On Aug. 20, Christopher Domermuth, 49, and Domermuth Environmental Services LLC (DES), based in Knoxville, Tennessee, both pleaded guilty today to violating the Clean Water Act by knowingly discharging pollutants into a navigable waterway without a permit. Sentencing has been set for Dec. 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Domermuth faces a ma  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina posted the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: The Justice Department, together with the Attorneys General of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against RealPage Inc. for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing and to monopolize the market   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Quantum Computing User Forum, or QCUF, welcomed attendees for a dynamic event at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory from Aug. 12 to Aug. 15. Hosted by the lab's Quantum Computing Institute and the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, or OLCF, the fifth annual event was the largest yet, with over 120 registered attendees. Users spent th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Arlie P. Barrett, 19, of Bluff City, Tennessee, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 7, 2024. In August 1950, Barrett was a member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action after his unit engaged in com  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kali Bradford, AEDC Public Affairs More than 100 Arnold Air Force Base personnel gathered at the Arnold AFB Main Auditorium July 30 for a presentation featuring retired Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Dr. Norm Speakman. The men visited Arnold AFB, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, to reminisce about their time as co-op students more than 50 years ago. Initially, their visit  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Henry C. Leventis and Assistant Attorney General Kristin Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced today that the Justice Department has opened an investigation into the conditions at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, a Tennessee Department of Correction facility operated   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz today announced that a Memphis-area man has been charged with making threats against President Joseph R. Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Barack Obama. On July 27, 2024, Kyl Alton Hall, 37, made numerous posts on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). Specifically  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: A former Memphis, Tennessee, Police Department (MPD) officer facing federal civil rights charges for the tragic killing of Tyre Nichols pleaded guilty in federal court today. Emmitt Martin III, pleaded guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges arising out of the Jan. 7, 2023, incident. Martin is the second MPD officer to plead guilty in th  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: On August 20, 2024, Christopher Domermuth, 49, and Domermuth Environmental Services, LLC ("DES"), based in Knoxville, both pleaded guilty today to violating the Clean Water Act by knowingly discharging pollutants into a navigable waterway without a permit, in violation of 33 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 1311 and 1319(c), in the United States District Cour  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District issued the following news release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon signed the Chief's Report recommending the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Study to Congress for consideration, Aug. 12, 2024. The three-year study, which began in 2021 with a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement signing between the Memphis Dist  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: When crews with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR finished demolishing the mile-long K-25 Building more than a decade ago, they left behind a massive 44-acre footprint that's now part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. With the addition of the K-25 Viewing Platform, now underway, visitors will be a  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release: A Missouri woman was arrested this morning on federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family of millions of dollars and steal the family's ownership interest in Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, located in Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa Jeanine Findley, also known as Lisa Holden, Lisa Howell, Gregory Naussany, Kurt   more