WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * This was Zeldin's first official trip as EPA Administrator * * * On Monday, February 3, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin took his first official trip in his new role, to East Palestine, Ohio, with Vice President JD Vance, to mark the two-year anniversary of the train derailment. "After the tragic train derailment left East Palestine, Ohio, ra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Columbus arrests Ghanaian national convicted of sex crimes with a minor COLUMBUS, Ohio -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended a citizen of Ghana who was convicted of sex crimes with a minor when officers arrested Joseph Osei Boateng January 29 in Columbus, Ohio. "Sex crimes against a minor threaten the very fabric of our communiti  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * New Combat Readiness Directorate focused on increasing readiness, reducing costs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - On Oct. 1, 2024, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center officially stood up the Combat Readiness Directorate, as part of a larger Department of the Air Force effort to better position the Air Force and Space Force to de  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release: Joshua M. Riley, 46, of Hamilton, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison for narcotics and firearms crimes. According to court documents, Riley was having bulk amounts of narcotics mailed to his home on Symmes Avenue in Hamilton through the United States Postal Service. In November 2022, law enforcement intercepted a package in route to Rile  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Feb. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Stephan G. Ward, 32, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Ward, also known as "YG," was delivering methamphetamine to others for distribution in Marshall County. Ward has prior drug and firearms convictions. Ward will serve three years of supervised   more