Government
FEMA letter touts low cost of flood insurance
The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent out a letter to local residents asking them to renew their flood insurance rates, touting the low cost. […]
Articles by Kyle Barnett
Lifestyles
Seventh grade whiz kid stuns teachers, parents with ACT score
Most graduating seniors do not come close to scoring a 27 on the ACT test, but 13-year-old J.B. Martin Middle School 7th grader Lauren Watson did just that this school year. […]
Business
Unusually cold spring makes crabs hard to find
In the still darkness of the morning, three crabbers in a pickup truck arrived at Lac Des Allemands before dawn. […]
Government
Vitter in Bayou Gauche to speak about action on flood insurance rate hikes
Little more than a week after officials from 14 parishes took a trip to Washington, D.C. to lobby against potential flood insurance rate hikes, some of those same officials convened with Sen. David Vitter at the home of a Bayou Gauche couple.
Government
Legislators vow to help parish fight huge insurance increases
Parish President V.J. St. Pierre, along with eight other parish presidents and representatives from five other parishes, visited Washington, D.C. to talk to officials about the potential spike in local flood insurance premiums should large portions of the Biggert-Waters Act be allowed to take effect in October. […]
Government
Supreme Court rules against school vouchers
Last week the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled the funding structure for the Louisiana Scholarship Program unconstitutional. […]
Government
Chaisson will step down as port executive director
The Port of South Louisiana will soon see a change in leadership after Joel T. Chaisson Sr.’s eight-year tenure as executive director officially comes to an end on July 14. […]
Lifestyles
Superintendent steps down to get down
Dr. Rodney Lafon boiled down his decision to announce his retirement last month to a simple factor. […]
Lifestyles
Adopted Oregon man uses social media to track down parents
In the summer of 1973, a baby boy was born to a 14 year-old girl at West Jefferson Medical Center in Gretna.