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Naomi King Staff Writer HOUMA — A lack of money for repairs has kept two of Houma’s gyms closed since Hurricane Gustav more than a year ago, recreation officials said.
The forecast for Central Louisiana calls for a few showers, a light wind out of the north and the chance of visitors otherwise known as evacuees.
PASCAGOULA (AP) — Emergency officials in Mississippi’s easternmost coastal county urged residents of low-lying and flood-prone areas, along with those living in mobile homes, to seek shelter Monday ahead of Tropical Storm Ida.
Some Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday while others ventured outside to watch the approach of a rare late-season tropical storm that brought the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places.
Local unemployment numbers remained high in October, but in a positive sign, continued to drop for the second month in a row.
ROBERTSDALE, Ala. — While Ida came onshore as a relatively weak tropical system Tuesday morning, and no damage was reported by representatives of the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, county emergency workers were taking no chances. Police in Robertsdale and Loxley report that there were no problems in their towns during the storm, and Robertsdale Mayor Charles Murphy e-mailed that, “We didn't ...
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless network crews and disaster response teams are on alert as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the Gulf Coast.
Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain late Monday to parts of the ...
Good ideas die hard. Steele Burden, whose family gave more than 400 acres of land on either side of I-10 near Essen Lane to LSU, laid out a tree and shrub identification trail behind what is now the Burden Conference Center.
ST. MARTINVILLE — A facelift starting Monday for the landmark Maison Duchamp will bring much-needed repairs to the historic home turned post office turned city building.
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — A Jackson, Tenn., man who will carry the Olympic torch Wednesday in Canada said he'll feel like a real Olympian.
ST. MARTINVILLE — A facelift starting Monday for the landmark Maison Duchamp will bring much-needed repairs to the historic home turned post office turned city building.
ROBERTSDALE, Ala. — While Ida came onshore as a relatively weak tropical system Tuesday morning, and no damage was reported by representatives of the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, county emergency workers were taking no chances. Police in Robertsdale and Loxley report that there were no problems in their towns during the storm, and Robertsdale Mayor Charles Murphy e-mailed that, “We didn't ...
Tropical Storm Ida has come ashore near Mobile Bay in southern Alabama with top sustained winds weakened to about 45 mph (75 kph).
PASCAGOULA (AP) — Emergency officials in Mississippi’s easternmost coastal county urged residents of low-lying and flood-prone areas, along with those living in mobile homes, to seek shelter Monday ahead of Tropical Storm Ida.
Tropical Storm Ida came ashore near Mobile Bay in southern Alabama early Tuesday with top sustained winds around 45 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida's center first touched land on Dauphin Island and was headed for the Alabama mainland later Tuesday morning.