WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release: Every so often, cicadas emerge above ground and blanket the earth with their exoskeletons while emitting a high-pitched chirp from sunrise to sunset. The periodical cicadas in the genus Magicicada come every 13 or 17 years, though other types of cicadas emerge much more frequently in our neighborhoods. A long-standing agricultural query related to the periodical  more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: Defense Logistics Agency leaders and key members of the Navy discussed logistics, readiness and several other topics during a partnership meeting Oct. 11. DLA Director Navy Vice Adm. Michelle Skubic and DLA Logistics Operations Director Navy Rear Adm. Doug Noble met with Navy leaders including Rear Adm. Ken Epps, commander of Naval Supply Systems Command. Representatives from more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Oct. 18, 2023, by First Lady Jill Biden at the 2023 Military Spouse Employment Partnership New Partner Induction Ceremony: * * * Thank you, Eddy, for that introduction, and for all you do for the Military Spouse Employment Partnership. In March 2021, in one of his first department-wide memos, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin laid out three priorities for his term. Number one: Defend the nation. Number two: Take c more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Dena J. King, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: Federal charges have been filed against a former NASCAR team owner, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A Charlotte grand jury returned a bill of indictment, charging Ronald Devine, 67, of Burke, Virginia, with four counts of failure to pay payroll taxes. Donald "Trey" Eakins, Special  more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Virginia - The Defense Contract Management Agency's Information Technology Cybersecurity team champions Cybersecurity Awareness Month, or CSAM, to ensure good cyber habits. As our online lives expand, the average user has gone from having just a few passwords to now managing upwards of 100. That's 100 unique passwords to remember, if more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: Austin Lodge, age 31, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, officers engaged in a high-speed chase with Lodge in Harrison County, which ended with a foot chase. Lodge disca more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Lloyd Vaughn, age 28, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Vaughn was working with several others to operate a drug trafficking organization from Detroit, Michigan, to Monongalia County. Investigators sea more PR

HARRISONBURG, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Christopher R. Kavanaugh, issued the following news release: A Florida woman, the ninth and final defendant to be sentenced as part of a large methamphetamine conspiracy, was sentenced this week to 10 years in federal prison. Jacqueline Tatiana Cuellar, 53, of Orlando, Florida, was convicted along with three other co-defendants by a Harrisonburg jury of conspiring to distribute and possession with intent more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: Nicholas Bradford Confere, 35, of Mammoth, was sentenced today to three years and one month in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for using a communications facility to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. Confere admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston more PR