Sole Remaining Defendant In Local 17 Prosecution Sentenced
BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gerald H. Franz, Jr., 54, of Eden, New...
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NAACP to Protest Across Alabama
NAACP President Cornell William Brooks to Join Protests at Sessions’ Mobile, AL Office, January 3 Protests at Five Offices in...
FBI Searches for Unknown Bank Robber
The Dallas FBI Violent Crimes Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a wanted subject who is believed...
NAACP Statement on Nominees to U.S. Civil Rights Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The NAACP issued the following statement after President Barack Obama’s nomination of Catherine Lhamon and Debo Abegbile...
Unemployment Rates Remain Higher Than National Rate in all but One Metro Area
Job Growth Remains Mixed CHICAGO, IL – This month, 13 of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas experienced declines in their over-the-year...
Former Ballard County Treasurer Guilty Of Bank And Wire Fraud
Admitted to obtaining $450,000 in unauthorized loans for the county and then concealing the proceeds from the Fiscal Court; also...
United States Sues Barclays Bank to Recover Civil Penalties for Fraud in the Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
Two former Barclays executives also named in the suit The United States Department of Justice filed a civil complaint in...
A New Year’s Resolution to Drive Sober, Buckle Up
DUI and seat belt patrols scheduled for final weekend of year SPRINGFIELD, IL – As 2016 comes to an...
Pro-Bono Bond Fund Frees 50th From Cook County Jail
Project aims to free those too poor to afford bond from dangerous jail conditions as it works to end...
Public Corruption: Courtroom for Sale
Judge Gets Jail Time in Racketeering Case In a case that exposed widespread corruption in a South Texas county’s judicial...
