ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Saw Wai Hla was named the Science Breakthrough of the Year winner in the physical sciences category for the prestigious Falling Walls award * * * The German Falling Walls Foundation is recognizing Hla for using a new X-ray capability in a way that could be widely applied in environmental and medical research and the development of batt  more

URBANA, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois issued the following news release: A Champaign, Illinois, woman, Malaia A. Turner, 36, was sentenced on September 23, 2024, to 324 months in prison, to be followed by eight years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. At the sentencing hearing, the government presented evidence that Turner was a leader in a consp  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois issued the following news release: A Quincy, Illinois, man, Damond Thomas, 31, was sentenced on September 23, 2024, by U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough, to 60 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Thomas was indicted in September 2023 and pleaded guilty in May 2024. At the sentencing hearing, Judge Myerscough concluded that Thomas was responsible for the distribution of mor  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: The owner of a Texas trucking company has been sentenced to 25 years in prison as part of a federal investigation that dismantled a Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline. JOSE FARIAS owned a trucking company in McAllen, Texas, and resided in Mexico. In 2015 and 2016, Farias arranged with truck drivers to transport dozens of kilograms of narcotics to the Chicago area  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: A federal court in the Northern District of Illinois today permanently enjoined Joliet, Illinois, tax return preparer Sir Michael Joseph Davenport and his company My Unity Tax Financial & Tax Preparation LLC (My Unity Tax) from preparing federal tax returns for others and from owning or operating any tax return preparation businesses in the future. Davenport agreed to the permanent injunc  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news: Story by Corinna Baltos, U.S. Army Sustainment Command At U.S. Army Sustainment Command the need for top-of-the-line intelligence capabilities is vital as the command has a worldwide mission to provide global logistics and materiel readiness for combatant commanders. One of the people providing information for ASC and its subordinate units, is Capt. Ariel Ayala. He is a production manager for the c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36804) entitled "Vermilion Valley Railroad Co. LLC - Operation Exemption - FNG Logistics Co.": * * * Vermilion Valley Railroad Company, LLC (VVRR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.41 to operate a rail line owned by FNG Logistics Company (FNG). The line extends approximately 5.91 miles between the India  more