BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State wildlife and fisheries officials have extended the East Zone wild alligator harvest season through Oct. 4. Robert Barham, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, approved the extension Tuesday. The scheduled opening of the East Zone season was delayed from Aug. 29... more »
VILLE PLATTE, La. (AP) - The Evangeline Parish School Board has shown its appreciation to Superintendent Toni Hamlin by unanimously approving a two-year extension of her contract, which was due to expire in December. Ville Platte Mayor Jennifer Vidrine said she wanted to publicly thank Hamlin, the board and the... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - The West Feliciana Parish School Board cancelled Superintendent Hollis G. Milton's two-year contract and gave him a new four-year deal to lead the school system. Although the vote during Tuesday's meeting was unanimous, some board members were critical of the way it was presented. Board... more »
VILLE PLATTE, La. (AP) - The Evangeline Parish School Board has approved extending the contract of Superintendent Toni Hamlin for another two years. Hamlin said her goal is to achieve a unitary status designation from the federal courts by June 2012 in connection with the 45-year-old desegregation case. Unitary status... more »
YOUNGSVILLE- To make cardiovascular care more accessible for the Youngsville community, Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) announces the opening of a new clinic located at 1516 Chemin Metairie, Suite 100 B. Dr. Wade May will begin seeing patients at this new location on Monday, July 26.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Escalating his administration's response to the disastrous Gulf oil spill, President Barack Obama plans to announce Thursday that a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits will be continued for six months while a presidential commission investigates, a White House aide said. Controversial lease sales off the... more »
With regard to the Lafayette Charter Commission created by Ordinance No. O-074-2010, due to the insufficient number of resumes received from individuals of the minority race who reside outside of any municipality in the Parish of Lafayette, the Lafayette City-Parish Council has extended the deadline for the submission of resumes... more »
NEW ORLEANS - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that the Governor's request for a 12-month extension to the Direct Assistance provided for temporary housing has been granted for eligible hurricane Ike and Gustav individuals and families. The program was originally slated to end March 2010 but has... more »