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Payne County received a $1,557.21 payment from the federal government to compensate the Payne County Emergency Management Office for work associated with Hurricane Gustav in 2008.
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.
By Jay Reeves Associated Press Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain late Monday to parts of the Gulf Coast where residents hunkered down at home and in shelters anticipating high winds and flooding.
A historic building in downtown St. Martinville will soon be turned into A French international center. The two story Maison Duchamp was built in 1876 by David Sandoz, as an exact replica of his house in France, for his daughter and her husband. They failed to pay taxes and the house was later seized and turned into a post office. Today the house is used for receptions. It was severely damaged ...
With extra city personnel and police on hand, Slidell officials have an eye on the Palm Lake subdivision and other low lying areas as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the Gulf Coast. Chuck Cook / The Times-PicayuneKeith James wades out of Palm...
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Coastal areas of Mississippi were under a state of emergency today as Tropical Storm Ida headed for the Gulf Coast. Numerous closings also were announced.
PASCAGOULA — Coastal areas of Mississippi were under a tropical storm warning Monday after Ida lost strength over the water on its way to a landfall sometime early Tuesday.
Hurricane Ida headed toward oil and gas facilities in the central Gulf of Mexico on Monday on a path to the U.S. Gulf Coast after killing 124 people in El Salvador following floods and ...
A controversial proposal asking residents if they want to ban new apartment complexes in St. Bernard Parish has been rescinded, but voters will still go to the polls Saturday to decide on additional fees that parish leaders say are crucial...
On health care, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, 42, had for months considered bucking the party that embraced him, while the White House wooed his vote.
Opelousas is set to receive $2.8 million in federal storm recovery funds but is submitting a list of more than $4.3 million in needs. The money is part of the $12.7 million in federal hurricane mitigation funds the parish is set to receive.
Hurricane Ida, a freakish late-season storm, entered the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and took aim at the Florida Panhandle, with a hurricane warning in effect from Gulf County to Pascagoula, Miss. The warning was prompted as Ida, a Category 2 storm...
Nikki Buskey Staff Writer HOUMA - A crowd of onlookers peered into Laverne Midyett’s booth Saturday, watching the Arkansas woman cut and fry potatoes and onions.
The immediate fate of an historic church in Iberville Parish has been decided. St. Paul Catholic Church in Bayou Goula could possibly be saved.
Work to prepare the Ferriday water plant to receive its new tank — and thus have the town ...
John Culhane If you are looking for a unique Christmas gift for someone or just planning to spend some time browsing and looking for new crafts, the bi-annual Southdown Marketplace Arts and Crafts Festival may be for you.