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Spring brings statewide construction
By Stephanie Fryer | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — It’s a typical scene: Winter ends and orange cones begin to line Illinois streets, highways and bridges. Officials at Illinois’ Department of Transportation , or IDOT, say this year won’t be any different, though they have benefited from the warm temperatures. “We were able to start smaller projects like patchwork, and filling potholes much earlier,” said Josh Kauffman IDOT spokesman.
Former President and Owner of Schuylkill Products Convicted in Largest Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud in Nation’s History
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joseph W. Nagle, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, was convicted after a four-week jury trial before Senior United States District Court Judge Sylvia H.
Former Cessna Employee Sentenced to 18 Months for Stealing Parts from Airplanes
WICHITA, KS—A former Cessna employee has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for selling stolen aircraft parts on eBay, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Three People Sentenced on Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Charges
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA—On February 21 and 22, 2012, Parrish Jason Casebier, age 39, Cheryl Elaine Tucker, age 41, and Kentrell Vertner, age 26, all of Omaha, Nebraska, were sentenced in United States District Court in Council Bluffs and Des Moines, upon their convictions for participation in crimes relating to sex trafficking and interstate transportation for prostitution, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
Former Bookkeeper Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison in $1.3 Million Embezzlement
WASHINGTON—Christopher F. Cunningham, 44, a former bookkeeper, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison on a federal charge stemming from the embezzlement of $1.3 million from a small landscaping company, announced U.S.
Woman Charged with Hoax for Making Anonymous Call to Airline Implicating Her Former Boyfriend and His Companions in Terrorist Threat
A Temple City woman was taken into custody this morning on charges that she provided false information suggesting that French visitors, one of whom she had been romantically involved, posed a threat to a plane they were scheduled to board at LAX, announced Steven Martinez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles, and André Birotte Jr., the United States Attorney in Los Angeles. Lizet Sariol, 45, of Temple City, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S.
IDOT Unveils Life-Saving Yellow Dot Program – Program Provides Emergency Responders with Crucial Medical Information to Help Crash Victims; Agencies Partner to Boost Awareness
CHICAGO- The Illinois Department of Transportation today unveiled the Illinois Yellow Dot program, a life-saving, traffic safety initiative that provides first responders with critical information to improve emergency care for persons involved in vehicle crashes. IDOT along with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Illinois Department of Aging (IDOA) and county health departments across the state are working together to increase awareness of the voluntary, federally funded program, and provide distribution centers and information for interested residents.