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Forbes New Orleans fastest-growing city from 2007-12
Click here to view the study. The 28.2 percent increase was more than 10 percent greater than the No. 2 city on the list, Chula Vista, Calif. "Its fast growth is partially a rebound effect from its massive population loss after Katrina, but is also a function of a striking economic revival that I have seen firsthand as a consultant in the area," wrote study author Joel Kotkin. ...
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Gas line explosion rocks Louisiana town sends residents packing
View results An early morning gas line explosion on Tuesday sent residents of one Louisiana community packing, as emergency responders rushed to extinguish the flames and contain the fire.';We’ve evacuated around 55 people,'; said one emergency responder, in a WWL-TV report. ';There have been no fatalities; no one died. There’s no injuries.'; Firefighters have the ...
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Levee district moving ahead with Morganza work
morganza HOUMA - The Terrebonne Levee District is gearing up for its busiest year of levee-building yet as its board plans to move ahead with millions of dollars in construction paid for with a new 1/2-cent sales tax. The Courier reports the board will review its upcoming budget at a meeting noon Wednesday. Terrebonne Levee Director Reggie Dupre said this fiscal year's budget, which ...
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Monroe to purchase more mowing equipment
MONROE, La. (AP) -- The city of Monroe will spend $1.7 million to purchase equipment for its Sanitation Division to add 14 new tractors and eight mowers city officials say should help eliminate much of the mowing ...
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Deputies arrest suspected air conditioner thief
Sheriff's deputies are looking for an inmate who walked away from a work release program. According to reports, Tederick Bessie walked away from Elmer's Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula around 6 a.m. Monday. Bessie, ...
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Ex-club owner gets 25 years in rape case
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The former owner of the now-defunct House of Blues Club on Airline Highway has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping an intoxicated 18-year-old woman in a private room at the Baton Rouge club in ...
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Research Park Corp. could sell stake in Bon Carre
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Research Park Corp. board of directors is set to vote next month on selling off its interest in the Bon Carre Business Center development in Baton ...
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Superintendent wants to trim central office costs
MONROE, La. (AP) -- The Monroe City School System spends more than twice as much on central office expenses as the nearest comparable district and that's something that concerns Superintendent Brent Vidrine and board ...
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Several crashes shut down I-10 East
ST. MARTIN PARISH, LA (WAFB) - Louisiana State Police said I-10 East was closed for a while Tuesday morning due to multiple crashes near Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. All lanes were reopened just before 9:30 a.m. Traffic remained backed up on I-10 East to Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette. Traffic on I-10 East was diverted onto I-49 North due to the crash. Drivers ...
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Deputies search for man suspected of raping girl
Sheriff's deputies are looking for an inmate who walked away from a work release program. According to reports, Tederick Bessie walked away from Elmer's Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula around 6 a.m. Monday. Bessie, ...
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Explosion on Florida Gas Pipeline in Louisiana - company
NEW YORK, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:05am EDT NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Energy Transfer Partners LP said an explosion occurred on its Florida Gas Transmission pipeline in Washington County in Louisiana on Tuesday, shutting a section of the line. No injuries were reported, a company spokeswoman said. Natural gas was rerouted to customers along other sections of the Florida Gas ...
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Black Louisiana senator flees Democratic party Free at last
View results Louisiana State Sen. Elbert Guillory said in a video message delivered to constituents - and particularly, his fellow black voters - that he’s finally come to his senses and realized the Democratic Party disguises an all-consuming quest for control as concern and aid for minorities.The senator announced his defection from the Democratic Party for the Republican Party a few ...
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OSHA Investigating Second Chemical Plant Explosion In Louisiana
another chemical plant exploded in the state , killing one person and injuring seven. The CF Industries Holdings plant in Donaldsonville manufactures nitrogen, and the company is the largest producer of nitrogen in the country. This is the worst accident at the plant in 13 years. The explosion occurred in a section of the plant that had been shut down for maintenance when workers are thought to ...
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Glenn looks to get in early groove against Tar Heels
OMAHA, NE (WAFB) - The LSU Tigers are hoping to make history and not become history against the North Carolina Tar Heels. The game will fall on the left arm of Cody Glenn, who hasn't pitched in nearly a month. His last outing was on May 22 in the SEC Tournament. However, head coach Paul Mainieri is going with Glenn because UNC has six lefties in the lineup. "I'm going to ...
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Attorney Client remorseful over fatal accident
WALKER, La. - An attorney for Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley says his client is remorseful over his involvement in an accident that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Mississippi man.The Advocate reports (bit.ly/14HI7sq) the comments by attorney Sherman Mack came Monday as state police had Sibley's damaged pickup towed from his home in Walker.Mack said Sibley is ...
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UPDATE 1-Gas explosion reported in Washington Parish Louisiana
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:49am EDT (Adds pipeline details) June 18 (Reuters) - An explosion at a gas line or gas plant about 80 miles north of New Orleans knocked out power to about 10,000 customers on Tuesday, according to local reports. The explosion occurred in the town of Enon, according to the reports. The sheriff's office in Washington Parish said its officers and other first responders were ...
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Huge explosion reported in New Orleans
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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Lafayette Broussard reach accord in land dispute
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Litigation between Lafayette and Broussard over annexations along Ambassador Caffery in southern Lafayette Parish has been tentatively settled. That's according to an attorney in the ...
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Gas line explosion rattles Washington Parish
FRANLINTON, La. (AP) -- A gas line explosion has shaken residents out of their beds in a rural area of Washington Parish near the community of ...
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Morgan City firm charged in wastewater case
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The owners of a Morgan City wastewater brokerage have been charged in Baton Rouge federal court for alleged participation in a conspiracy that illegally injected more than 380,000 gallons of industrial wastes down a well in Assumption ...
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Covington man pleads guilty in septic tank scheme
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A former septic system inspector for the Onsite Wastewater Program of the state's Center for Environmental Services has admitted in federal court that he accepted approximately $50,000 in bribes from a septic tank ...
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Troopers seize truck of school board president arrested in deadly hit and run
State Police are looking for a vehicle that was involved in a hit and run on LA 43 in St. Helena Parish. William Iasigi, 21, of Liberty, MS was driving on LA 43 when he stopped his truck in a travel ...
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Tropical depression heads toward southern Mexico
MIAMI, FL (AP) - Forecasters said a tropical depression is expected to bring at least three to five inches of rain to parts of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and southern Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression formed Monday off Belize and was moving early Tuesday over parts of Belize and northern Guatemala. At 4 a.m. Tuesday, it ...
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2nd Victim Dies After Blast at Geismar Louisiana Chemical Plant
An explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant claimed a second victim on June 14 as federal authorities were piecing together the cause of the blast that injured dozens more. Scott Thrower, 47, of St. Amant, died at Baton Rouge General Hospital’s burn center, said State Police Capt. Doug Cain. According to company officials, Thrower was an operations supervisor and had worked for ...
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Police investigate shooting on Plank Road
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Police are investigating a shooting that happened in the Capitol City Monday evening. The Baton Rouge Police Department said one person was shot at the corner of Plank Road and Ontario Street around 7 p.m. The name of the victim was not released. The victim's condition is unknown. Detectives have no suspect or motive in the shooting. If you can help ...
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Louisiana's recovery might be brought to its knees
The six-month moratorium suspending all exploratory oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is another blow to an economy already reeling and could potentially undermine the state for years to come.
There can be no one left in Louisiana who has not heard about the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the oil spill that has resulted from the collapse of the rig, which killed eleven people in the process and is now threatening the livelihoods of countless communities along the state’s coast. Read more
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