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Painting with a Purpose

February 13, 2011 11:24 PM

People put their paint brushes to canvas Sunday Painting with a Twist hosted a special session Sunday evening, called "Painting with a Purpose," a fundraiser for the 250 year old oak tree in Youngsville. Customers paid 45-dollars to paint their own interpretation of the tree. more »
250 square-mile dead zone in La. sound

October 12, 2010 10:05 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Researchers mapped a 250-square mile area of low oxygen this summer in Chandeleur Sound and say the dead zone possibly formed after state officials opened a river diversion to keep oil from a damaged BP well from fouling marshes. The report by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin... more »
250 soldiers from LA 256th Infantry back in the U.S.

August 11, 2010 11:24 AM

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - More than 250 soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Team are back in the United States after eight months in Iraq. The soldiers arrived Saturday in Gulfport and have a week of demobilization training at Camp Shelby before they return to Louisiana. They... more »