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A lawsuit alleging a Mississippi school district discriminated against a Black student and stripped her of an academic award has been dismissed.

United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Michael Jarred Gentry, 33, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. on a charge of second-degree murder.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages urban producers and others to attend the second public meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production on August 5. The Committee will discuss new urban conservation practices, focus areas and priorities for the Commission, and the new Farm Service Agency (FSA) urban county committees, among other topics.

Delta Regional Authority (DRA) Dr. Corey Wiggins has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as DRA Federal Co-Chairman. Nominated by President Biden on December 15, 2021, Wiggins becomes the fifth DRA Federal Co-Chairman to serve in the position.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today that Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), disbursed $159.09 million in…

The federal Bureau of Prisons is locking inmates in their cells at all its facilities for 14 days in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The…

Former Richwood Correctional Center officer, Demario Shaffer, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to cover up the physical…

The deadline to complete the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program survey is this Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. This is the last opportunity for…