4 July 2008, 6:20 am
Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed a $30,000 annual pay raise for members of the Public Service Commission on Thursday. "Though I appreciate the dedication and important work of the commissioners, I find this raise to be excessive," Jindal wrote in his veto letter on House Bill 939. The veto comes less than a... read more
4 July 2008, 6:13 am
Three workers were burned at the Conoco Phillips Alliance Refinery in Jesuit Bend, according to police and company officials. A company spokesman said the three contractors were burned by steam at the facility around 2 p.m Thursday. They were working for a company called T2S, according to the spokes... read more
4 July 2008, 6:03 am
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect ... read more
3 July 2008, 10:25 am
The people in sparsely populated Tensas parish have opened their hearts to the Lundy family, showering them with love. The love can be seen in Newellton, where the family lives, and St. Joseph, where the Rev. Adrian Lundy pastored both St. John Baptist Church and Mount Olive Baptist Church. The sign... read more
3 July 2008, 8:19 am
Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price's now-infamous run-in with Causeway police in April was not the first time he received special treatment from local law enforcement after having too much to drink. Sometime in late 2006, Price swerved his city-owned Ford Expedition into the path of a police car on a nar... read more
3 July 2008, 8:03 am
Deputies arrested a public elementary schoolteacher suspected of "cyberstalking" a 14-year-old boy and entering his house illegally last month in a confrontation about the alleged stalking, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday. Jennifer R. Davis, 39, a teacher at the kindergarte... read more
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