WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following report (DODIG-2024-129) on Sept. 10, 2024, entitled "Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: L.C. Industries, Inc. Vicksburg, Mississippi." Here are excerpts: * * * Background LCI is a diversified manufacturing, distribution, and retail company that operates base supply centers on military bases across the United States. In December 2017, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center awarded LCI a contract to o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at the request of the State of Mississippi, and in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has announced a deactivation of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and th  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Columbus man and a Clarksdale woman today for applying for and receiving a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ramirez Ivy, of Columbus, Mississippi and Felicia Smith  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A West Point man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for drug trafficking. According to court documents, Quishaun Bennett, 36, previously pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Michael P. Mills sentenced Bennett to 120 months in prison following h  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced the owner of a steel company that falsely claimed parts for a Mississippi River lock and dam had passed safety tests to a year and a day in prison. Theodore J. "Ted" Stegeman, 60, has already paid restitution of $238,059, representing the cost of removing, testing and re-installing   more