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St. James Parish hearing set on expropriation

April 6, 2012 11:11 AM

CONVENT, La. (AP) - St. James Parish Council members have set a public hearing for May 2 on a proposed ordinance to expropriate 13 acres of land near the Convent courthouse as a site for building a community center and emergency supplies warehouse. The Advocate reports Parish President Timmy Roussel... more »
St. James Parish hearing set on expropriation

April 6, 2012 10:54 AM

CONVENT, La. (AP) - St. James Parish Council members have set a public hearing for May 2 on a proposed ordinance to expropriate 13 acres of land near the Convent courthouse as a site for building a community center and emergency supplies warehouse. The Advocate reports Parish President Timmy Roussel... more »
St. James Parish Council gets budget

November 4, 2011 7:13 AM

CONVENT, La. (AP) - Parish President Dale Hymel Jr. has submitted a $64 million budget for fiscal year 2012 to the St. James Parish Council. In turning over his administration's final annual budget, The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/vLCcdg) Hymel told the council Wednesday he took pride in leaving the parish in... more »
2 dead in St. James Parish fire

October 21, 2011 8:29 AM

CONVENT, La. (AP) - Officials say two people have died in an apartment fire in Convent. The fire started around 4 a.m. Friday on Rev. Thomas Scott Street off La. Highway 44. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning tells WWL TV at least two people died in the fire, and the... more »