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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.
Penn, who interviewed Cuba's President Raul Castro last December, is in Cuba again on a reporting assignment for Vanity Fair.
When Mayor Ray Nagin jetted off to Cuba recently, the buzz around town and on the Web had little to do with trade opportunities or disaster preparedness, the jaunt's stated mission. Instead, chatter focused on motivation and cost. Many top administration... Sponsored Topics: New Orleans - Cuba - Ray Nagin - Mayor - Hurricane Katrina
Naomi King Staff Writer HOUMA - Under the shade of the pavilion next to Houma’s Southdown Museum, nearly 80 locals cheered on the New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon while helping raise money for the historic storm-damaged site.
Compiled by news librarian Betty Slowe Enrollment at the University of Alabama was at a record 13,691. An Alabama Historical Association marker was dedicated at the Greensboro Presbyterian Church when the centennial of the church was observed.
Colin Campo Correspondent LOCKPORT — It may have been open for more than a month, but you wouldn’t have known it given the excitement that was apparent Saturday during Lockport Library’s grand-opening ceremony.
Louisiana employment fell to its lowest September level since 2002 — excepting the two Septembers following Hurricane Katrina — as the recession contributed to a sixth consecutive monthly loss in jobs for the state.
Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune archiveMembers of the Louisiana National Guard were photographed patrolling near the Waterford 3 nuclear power plant in 2003.The Waterford 3 nuclear power plant is getting a break from producing power, but 800 contract and other workers...
Nikki Buskey Staff Writer HOUMA — You can tailgate in style while helping support one of Terrebonne's historical treasures at Southdown's Saints Sunday fundraiser this weekend.
Robert Zullo Senior Staff Writer HOUMA - The jury found 29-year-old Jason Lee Brown guilty of second-degree murder following two days of testimony. He faces mandatory life in prison without probation, parole or suspension of sentence.
NEW ORLEANS — A 41-year-old Gibson man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to mailing fraudulent applications for Red Cross assistance after hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
Score one, finally, for the New Orleans crime camera program.
It took a year-old hurricane to do it, but Baton Rouge-area home sales topped year-before figures in September. Realtors sold 615 homes last month compared with only 405 homes sold during September 2008, when the market was heavily affected by Hurricane Gustav and, to a lesser extent, Hurricane Ike.
Consumers and businesses spent $630.9 million that month compared with $635.9 million in August 2008. Spending has been down six of eight months this year and hasn’t topped year-ago figures since March.
It will take eight Eiffel Towers worth of steel to build the massive structure that will permanently close the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and better protect the Industrial Canal from storm surges.
State emergency preparedness officials have notified the Ouachita Parish Police Jury it cannot give away or sell sandbags received from the state during times of high water unless the parish or state declares a state of emergency.