DES MOINES, Iowa, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: World Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated May 11, 2024, and again on October 12, 2024, aligning generally with migration patterns. The state of Iowa is located within the Mississippi Flyway, the longest overland flyway in North America. The Mississippi Flyway is a critically important route for migratory birds as they migrate north in spring and south in the fall more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The 37th and final defendant was sentenced today in a Northern District of Mississippi case that targeted the violent activities, drug trafficking, and money laundering of the Simon City Royals prison gang. Joshua Miller, 33, of Jackson, Mississippi, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy, including co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: * * * Defendant and Co-Conspirators Filed Thousands of False Client Returns Causing More than $3.5 Million in Fraudulent Claims * * * An Alabama man was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for conspiring to prepare and file false tax returns for clients in Jackson, Mississippi, and for preparing false returns. According to court documents and evidence presented in court, Jonath more PR

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: An Edinburg, Texas man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for conspiring to possess with intent distribute cocaine. Jose Humberto Gandara, 52, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to Court documents and evidence presented at trial, in 2016, Jose Humberto Gandara was stopped in Gulfport while driving a 201 more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 19 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that May 20 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans in Mississippi due to drought that began on Sept. 12, 2023. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the counties of  more PR