Lakewood expands emergency alert system for traffic, weather and safety updates
LAKEWOOD, N.J. — Lakewood Township and the Lakewood Police Department have launched an enhanced emergency alert system aimed at keeping residents informed of real-time traffic disruptions, weather events, and public safety notifications.…
Steward Health Care System Agrees to Pay $4.7 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Act Violations
BOSTON – Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward) and several related corporate entities have agreed to pay approximately $4.735 million to resolve allegations that its relationships with several physicians and physician practice…
Parents Flee The Public School System As Charter Schools See Surge In Enrollment
Parents Flee The Public School System As Charter Schools See Surge In Enrollment Reagan Reese on June 8, 2022 Enrollment in New York City schools is dropping while charter schools are seeing…
Gun Shot Alert System Leads Pittsburgh Police to Crack Dealer Bust
Pittsburgh, PA – Pittsburgh police officers responding to an alert of gunfire by the city’s ShotSpotter system led them to the intersection of Monticello Street and Brushton Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Police discovered…
Greensboro Resident Sentenced for Conspiring to Defraud North Carolina Medicaid System
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Greensboro, North Carolina woman, Sharita Mathis Richardson, was sentenced today to 22 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. …
Justice Department Launches Civil Rights Investigation into Kentucky’s Mental Health Service System
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has opened an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into whether the Commonwealth of Kentucky subjects adults with serious mental…
EXCLUSIVE: US-Based Activist Claims A Chinese Agent ‘Weaponized’ The Justice System To Get Him Arrested On Terrorism Charges
EXCLUSIVE: US-Based Activist Claims A Chinese Agent ‘Weaponized’ The Justice System To Get Him Arrested On Terrorism Charges Philip Lenczycki on May 16, 2022 Salih Hudayar, the prime minister of the East…
Work Underway to Upgrade West Penn Power’s Electrical System in Butler County
Projects designed to enhance electric service reliability for 15,000 customers GREENSBURG, Pa., May 10, 2022 — West Penn Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is upgrading its distribution system in…
Boulder Health System, Physician Assistant, and Nurse Practitioner Agree to Resolve Investigation into Improper Prescribing of Opioids
DENVER –The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Boulder Community Health, a not-for-profit health system in Boulder, Colorado, Christopher Kreider (a Physician Assistant), and Bonnie Wilensky (a Nurse…
Ohio Edison Invests Nearly $22 Million in Tree Trimming Efforts to Reinforce Electric System During Severe Weather
Work includes trimming along nearly 4,800 miles of power lines in 2022 AKRON, Ohio, May 3, 2022 — Ohio Edison, a FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) electric company, is conducting tree trimming and…
The Illuminating Company Invests $16.5 Million in Tree Trimming Efforts to Reinforce Electric System During Severe Weather
Work includes trimming along nearly 2,000 miles of power lines in 2022 BRECKSVILLE, Ohio, May 3, 2022 — The Illuminating Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is conducting tree trimming…
Department of Justice Reaches Settlement Agreement with Prince George County, Virginia, and the Virginia Retirement System to Enforce Servicemember’s Employment Rights
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Justice Department announced today that it has settled a civil complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Prince George County, Virginia,…
Construction Underway on New FirstEnergy Transmission Substation to Reinforce Power System in Ashland County
ASHLAND, Ohio, April 28, 2022 — Construction is underway on a new transmission substation in Ashland County, Ohio, owned by FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) subsidiary American Transmission Systems, Incorporated, to meet the…
Former Healthcare System Employee Admits Role in Embezzlement Scheme
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that LORITA…
Work Underway to Enhance Ohio Edison’s Electric System in Greater Youngstown Area
Upgrades will benefit more than 20,000 customers in the Mahoning Valley YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 25, 2022 — FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) subsidiary Ohio Edison is completing grid modernization work in the greater…
Gun Shot Alert System Leads Atlantic City Police to Three Armed Men
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Alerts to the Atlantic City Police Department via the city’s ShotSpotter alert system led to the arrest of three men and the recovery of handguns and drugs on…
InventHelp Inventor Develops Automatic Sanitizing System (NJD-2406)
PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2022 — “I wanted to create a system to automatically sanitize the air and hard/soft surfaces to help prevent the spread of COVID-19,” said an inventor, from Elizabeth, N.J.,…
Egg Harbor Unveils New Mass Notification System for Emergency Announcements
EGG HARBOR, NJ (release) – Egg Harbor Township has partnered with CivicReady to implement its mass notification solution. Available from CivicPlus, a leader in integrated technology for local government, the CivicReady solution…
7 MS-13 MEMBERS CHARGED WITH DOUBLE MURDER INSIDE FEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS RESULTING IN NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN OF FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
BEAUMONT, Texas – A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned an indictment this week in Beaumont charging seven inmates at U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont, who are members of the…
Florida’s BayCare Health System and Hospital Affiliates Agree to Pay $20 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Impermissible Medicaid Donations
WASHINGTON – BayCare Health System Inc. and entities that operate four affiliated Florida hospitals (collectively BayCare) have agreed to pay the United States $20 million to resolve allegations that BayCare violated the…
M&T Bank Corporation Receives Regulatory Approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for People’s United Merger
BUFFALO, N.Y., March 4, 2022 — M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB) (“M&T”) announced today receipt of regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to complete the previously announced…