WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Defendant Also Sentenced for Violating Housing Rights of a White Woman * * * A Kansas man was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for threatening multiple Black people in and around the Wichita area, and for interfering with the housing rights of a white woman because he believed that she was dating and associating with Black people. Austin Schoemann, 31, of Wichita, previously  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: United States Attorney Teresa Moore announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Nicholas Heberle will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department's nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 5, 2024, general election. AUSA Heberle has been appointed to serve as the District Election  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: The Surface Transportation Board (Board) today issued two separate decisions approving, with conditions, CSX Transportation Inc.'s (CSXT) request for Board authority to acquire and operate the rail line of Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, L.L.C. (MNBR) that runs approximately 93.7 miles between Burkeville and Myrtlewood, Alabama, and Canadian Pacific Kansas   more