FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana, July 10 -- The U.S. Army Forces Command issued the following news: By Angie Thorne The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson is the premier crucible training experience that prepares units to fight and win in complex environments. It's where units like the 133rd Composite Supply Company, 369th Sustainment Brigade (Harlem Hellfighters) -- who recently (June) conducted a rotation at Fort Johnson -- come to learn, under extreme and intense conditions, the skill  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 10 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 9, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'I am proud to see my Special Investigations team help shut down these operations and bring these criminals to justice' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after five people were arrested in Bradley County on charges related to illegal gambling: "Agents in my Special Investigations Division worked with the Bradley County S  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The United States Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, awarded the General De Gaulle Drainage Improvement Phase 2 Construction Contract (SELA 72.2) on July 8, 2024, in the amount of $28,927,540.00 to Omega Foundation Services LLC. out of Slaughter, Louisiana. This contract will be the second federally construction drainage improvement feature on the Westbank in   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 10 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today led a 16-state coalition in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect parents' fundamental rights to make decisions about their children's welfare. In 2021, a Wisconsin school district implemented guidelines allowing students to change their gender identity at school - including names, pronouns, and use of facil  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Kekolu Contracting LLC, La Plata, Maryland, was awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, single award contract with a ceiling of $200,000,000 for construction work on real property facilities at Eglin Air Force Base and its associated sites in Florida. This contract provides for support of real property maintenance, repair, alteration, non-complex minor construction, re  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 10 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Division issued the following news release: MARK FRIDGE, III ("FRIDGE"), age 22, SHYHEIM PINES ("PINES"), age 29, and KAWAIISHH BROWN ("BROWN"), age 50, all of Tangipahoa Parish, were indicted on June 28, 2024 for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, including distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury, and violations of the Federal Gun Control Act, ann  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 5 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at the 30th Essence Festival of Culture held at the Caesars Superdome: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, I just came -- I had to stop by just to congratulate Essence on 30 years of the Essence Festival of Culture. (Applause.) So, enjoy this evening. Let us always celebrate the diversity, the depth, and the beauty of our culture. Have fun tonight, and I'll see you at the Convention Center tomorrow. (App  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 6 -- Vice President Kamala Harris and Essence CEO Caroline Wanga issued the following remarks in a moderated conversation during the 30th Annual Festival of Culture at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center: * * * MS. WANGA: That's y'all vice president. (Applause.) Now listen here, we time constrained. I don't need to say nothing else. But ladies and -- ladies, gentlemen, community, family, one of the beautiful things about history is: Once it happens, it can't un  more