State agency is supposed to fold in four months

Even as much of the United States suffered bouts of punishing cold and

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced an additional $10.9 million in federal aid for three south Louisiana fire stations destroyed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Fire stations in Chalmette, Port Sulphur and Boothville-Venice will receive the additional money, FEMA...

Florida will be pelted by rain Thursday night and Friday. The greatest amount

The region from West Virginia to New York and southern New England will be

Another bad storm is aimed at the Northeast, folks, but this one won't be snow.

A judge called the plot to hide the shooting of unarmed residents crossing a bridge a "despicable" scheme that immeasurably compounded Hurricane Katrina's damage. Jeffrey Lehrmann pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony, meaning he knew about the crime and didn't report it. He faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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Rusty Costanza / The Times-PicayuneWhen Hurricane Katrina hit Aug. 29, 2005, Jackson Barracks soldiers watched live TV reports while in Baghdad. They knew their facilities at Jackson Barracks were flooded. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday it is contributing...

St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis will fly this afternoon to Washington, D.C., to prepare for meetings Thursday with members of Congress, congressional committees and the Army Corps of Engineers to lobby for funding for storm protection on the north shore....

As Road Home recipients rush to meet todays deadline to apply for separate reconstruction, elevation and stormproofing grants, confusion over the states Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is intensifying. Applicants, their advocates and the contractors who hope to get paid with...