Archive for December, 2009

LAGIC would like to extend congratulations to Dr. Joshua D. Kent PhD. On his graduation from the Geography Department at LSU. BRBR

LAGIC would like to extend congratulations to Dr. Joshua D. Kent PhD. On his graduation from the Geography Department at LSU. BRBR

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Tony Russell, who has been credited with turning around a dysfunctional relationship between FEMA and Louisiana officials in his short tenure as head of the Transitional Recovery Office in New Orleans, has been promoted by President Barack Obama to oversee...

A federal judge is weighing whether to toss out a lawsuit against Gretna and its police chief filed by a New Orleans couple who was barred from walking across the Crescent City Connection to the West Bank in the days...

St. Bernard Parish President Craig TaffaroSt. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro will hold a public forum Thursday in Chalmette. The one-hour forum begins at 6:30 p.m. at the WOW Cafe & Wingery, 1720 E. Judge Perez Drive. Taffaro will...

Was he a robber, or just looking for water with his mom?

Though serious flooding has remained at bay thus far today in St. Tammany Parish, residents could see some water creeping into roads early this afternoon when a new band of showers and thunderstorms makes its way across Lake Pontchartrain from the...

The investigation into his death by New Orleans police contains contradictions

A Plaquemines Parish minister has admitted to stealing more than $300,000 from parish residents seeking to receive FEMA trailers following Hurricane Katrina, and he will be sentenced for his crimes in March. Rev. Martin A. Denesse, of Homeplace, pleaded...