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Updated July 7 Tee time for Jones, Hardy, Hilchey, Wilcox, King at Maine Am; no three-peat for Anderson Two-time defending titlist Cole Anderson not in field as Florida State University golfer to compete in Southern Amateur in Mississippi, but multi-time event champion Ricky Jones, as well as Jon Hardy, Parker Hilchey, Chris King and Adam Wilcox, are locals among 132 players in 102nd tourney at fabled, historic Kebo Valley. By Ken WaltzSports Director: Courier Gazette & Camden Herald ...

Luxury Car Buyers Are Diving In On Hybrids Share Forgive me for still having a brain stuck in the moment when hybrids were almost wilfully dorky and culturally loathed, but it’s still fun to see the tech gaining acceptance at the top of the market. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 7, 2021. 1st Gear: BMW Leads Luxury Sales In U.S., BMW Hybrids Up 148.5 Per cent Global If there’s one trend to define car-buying tastes these days, it’s that everyone loves crossovers and SUVs. I...

ADVERTISEMENT Ex-UAW Honcho Sentenced To A Year For Corruption Scheme Law360 (July 6, 2021, 9:24 PM EDT) -- A former United Auto Workers executive was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday and ordered to pay $250,000 in restitution in Michigan federal court for conspiring with other senior UAW officials to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars in member dues to fund lavish purchases. Vance Pearson, who is also a former UAW regional director, was additionally ordered by Judge Paul Borman to f...

The former UAW president was sentenced to over two years in prison

US District Court Judge Paul Borman sentenced former United Auto Workers president Gary Jones to 28 months in prison for embezzling up to $1.5 million in union funds to finance golf trips, private villas, and lavish meals for top UAW executives.

Former UAW President Gary Jones faces a prison sentence after helping steal $1.5 million from workers and pushing the union into government oversight.

Gary Jones is the second of two former UAW presidents sentenced to prison for his role in the wide-ranging corruption scandal.

June 10, 2021 — Gary Jones, the former President of the international United Auto Workers union, was sentenced to 28 months in prison today for conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle UAW funds and to defraud the United States announced Acting U.S. Attorney Saima S. Mohsin.

Federal judge hands UAW ex-President Dennis Williams wrist-slap sentence of 21 months for corruption charges On Tuesday, a federal judge for the Eastern District of Michigan sentenced former United Auto Workers International President Dennis Williams to 21 months in prison with one year of supervised release, three months less than originally recommended. In addition, he must pay $132,000 in restitution and a $10,000 fine. Williams is one of 15 individuals to have been charged in connection to ...

View Comments Detroit — Retired United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams should not spend more than one year and a day in federal prison for stealing from union members because he is an American success story, is charitable and has health problems, his lawyers argued late Monday. The attorneys pushed back against the governments request that Williams, 67, one of two former presidents convicted in a years-long investigation into corruption within the U.S. auto industry, spend two years i...