JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: U.S. Army advisors assigned to the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade continued to showcase its unique capabilities and immense flexibility working with its Brazilian partners during a recent training event held at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. The 1st SFAB, based at Fort Moore, Georgia, employed a four-person advisor team in support of a Brazilian A  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By C.R. Hoffman, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs The Secretary of the Air Force has approved the second and third basing locations for the B-21 Raider, the Air Force's newest bomber. Those bases are Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in that order. Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota was previously selected as the first base to receive t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: NEW ORLEANS, LA. Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America's more than 34 million small businesses in President Biden's Cabinet, announced President Biden's appointment of Ava Dejoie Cates as Regional Administrator of Region 6, overseeing the agency's programs, offices, and operations in Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Oklah  more

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 17, 2024, entitled "Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana - First Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in four of the seven largest parishes in Louisiana from March 2023 to March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties and parishes are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, with assistance from ERO Honduras and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement in Honduras, removed Nery Otoniel Chavez Puerto, a 40-year-old unlawfully present Honduran national, from the United States Sept. 13. Chavez is wanted in Honduras for rape and aggra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, returned an indictment today charging a former Louisiana Assistant District Attorney with conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, using his cell phone in furtherance of bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction of justice. According to court documents, Gary Haynes, 66, of Lafayette, conspired with Dusty Guidry, Leonard Fr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE, LA. Louisiana homeowners and renters in eight parishes who sustained losses caused by Hurricane Francine may be eligible for FEMA disaster assistance. FEMA may be able to help with serious needs, displacement, temporary lodging, basic home repair costs, personal property loss or other disaster-caused needs. Financial assistance is available to eli  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in the entire state of Louisiana, affected by Tropical Storm Francine that began on Sept. 10, 2024. These taxpayers now have until Feb. 3, 2025, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Fed  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, returned an indictment today charging a Louisiana doctor for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $32.7 million by submitting claims for medically unnecessary definitive urine drug testing services. According to court documents, Michael W. Dole, MD, 59, of Alexandria, owned and operated a pain management practice located in Alexan  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: AL VERNON BROWN ("BROWN"), age 52, a Los Angeles, California resident, was sentenced on September 18, 2024, by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846, as well as, distribution a  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a Louisiana doctor for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $32.7 million by submitting claims for medically unnecessary definitive urine drug testing services. According to court documents, Michael W. Dole, M.D., 59, of Alexandria, owned and operated a pain mana  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a former Louisiana Assistant District Attorney with conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, using his cell phone in furtherance of bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction of justice. According to court documents, Gary Haynes, 66, of Lafayette, conspired  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime and Office on Violence Against Women has awarded $15,454,563 to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement ("LCLE"). LCLE was awarded $2,362,000 to enhance State Victim Compensation payments to eligible crime victims to provide financial assistance t  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: THEODORE TARDIE ("TARDIE"), age 55, of New Orleans, was sentenced on September 17, 2024, by United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute, methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 841(a)(1) and 846, respectively. Specifically, TARDIE was sentence  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that a federal jury returned a guilty verdict late yesterday evening against Huey P. Scott, Jr., 63, of Many, Louisiana, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The jury acquitted Scott of one count of possession of firearms during a drug trafficking offense and one count of receipt or poss  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: DONALD GREEN ("GREEN"), age 35, a resident of Westwego, Louisiana, pled guilty on September 17, 2024, before United States District Judge Susie Morgan to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, U  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that REHA JANEE ARVIE, ("ARVIE"), age 33, of Westwego, LA, was indicted on September 6, 2024 for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud (Count1), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349; Mail Fraud (Counts 2 and 3), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Anthony Hetlage, 110th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Australia -- More than 180 Airmen assigned to the 110th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., arrived last month at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia, to conduct Joint and multilateral Bomber Task Force mi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: While loading a cargo of coal on March 27, 2023, the bulk carrier Sirocco broke free from its moorings at the Convent Marine Terminal dock in Convent, Louisiana, drifted a half mile down the Mississippi River and collided with a barge moored at the Mosaic Uncle Sam dock, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. An examination of the winch brake liners on  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Francine from September 9 to September 12, 2024. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Cha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Louisiana to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Francine from Sept. 9-12, 2024. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary and Te  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force implementation of a new construct that will evolve wings into cohesive Units of Action by separating into Combat Wings, Air Base Wings and Institutional Wings will be a phased approach, starting no later than the summer of 2025. The new concept will create several organizations capable of conducting deployed combat operations, as wel  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract for constructing a floodwall in Harvey, La. The contract was awarded September 13, 2024, to Buck Town Contractors & Company of Kenner, Louisiana in the amount of $3,669,807.00. This contract is part of the Mississippi River Levees (MRL) Construction Project. The contract was awarded under the Bipartisan Budget Act 2018  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 17 -- 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 began construction of an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to arrest further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico. USACE awarded a contract to Weeks Marine for construction of the saltwater sill at approximately river mile 64 near Myrtle Grove, La. The initial phase   more