WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Tallahassee, Fla. (November 1, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced University of South Florida has been selected to receive nearly $349,690 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. * University of South Florida has been selected to receive $349,690. University of South Florida will  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. FEMA has provided more than $1 billion to help the State of Florida and local communities with the cost of emergency response to Hurricanes Milton, Helene and Debby. To date, FEMA's Public Assistance program has obligated $608.6 million for Hurricane Milton, $335.5 million for Hurricane Helene and $102.2 million for Hurricane Debby. The money   more

MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: Yesterday, Daniel Fleureme, 56, of Miami-Dade County, a former Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (MDCRD) Corrections Officer, pled guilty to wire fraud for defrauding a COVID-19 relief program by fraudulently obtaining an Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The Coronavirus Aid, Re  more

TAMPA, Florida, Nov. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Viraj Patel (29, Sanford) to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court also ordered Patel to forfeit $145,000, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense. Patel entered a guilty plea on July 25, 2024. According to court documents, conspirators placed telephone ca  more

MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to the court documents and statements made in court, between April 2008 and July 2021, Oleksandr Yurchyk and others owned and operated a series of labor-staffing companies in southern Florida, including Parad  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida issued the following news release: Durrell Marquis Lee, 36, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 128 months in federal prison, after previously pleading guilty to multiple counts of distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine, and for violation of his federal supervised release for a 2016 federal firearms conviction. Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: * * * Defendant Caused a Tax Loss to the United States of more than $9.5M * * * A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to the court documents and statements made in court, between April 2008 and July 2021, Oleksandr Yurchyk and others owned and operated a series of labor-staffing companies i  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Dr. Kathryn McCarthy, director of the US ITER Project at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been awarded the 2024 E. Gail de Planque Medal by the American Nuclear Society, or ANS. The E. Gail de Planque Medal recognizes exemplary accomplishments by a woman in the fields of nuclear science and engineering and will be presented November 18 at   more