NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A group of scientists on Thursday accused the Army Corps of Engineers of endangering this city's future by failing to take steps to immediately close a shipping channel blamed for widespread flooding during Hurricane Katrina.
The January issue of Golf Digest has recognized what a lot of golfers in the Acadiana area already know - the Atchafalaya at Idlewild course near Patterson is a heck of a layout.
HACKETTSTOWN | For Staci Huelet, it's all about horses. She studies them at Centenary College. And when she travels to Louisiana next month on a Hurricane Katrina relief project, she'll help them.
NEW ORLEANS — The state is committed to covering the 10 percent match for curbside debris removal in five hurricane-hit southeast Louisiana parishes once the federal government stops paying for the entire cost starting Jan. 1, the Governor’s Office said.
ANNVILLE — For the second time in a year, a delegation from Lebanon Valley College will travel to Louisiana to assist with the cleanup from Hurricane Katrina.
-- For inquiries about disaster assistance, call (866) GET-INFO (438-4636). -- The Southeast Louisiana Chapter offers a Louisiana Citizen Awareness and Disaster Evacuation Guide through local chapters: Greater New Orleans Area, (800) 229-8191 or (504) 620-3105; St. Bernard Parish, (504) 278-4228.
Noting that not a single St. Bernard Parish resident has received a Road Home check, the Parish Council on Tuesday demanded that the state government declare every house in the parish 100 percent damaged and start writing checks to compensate residents.
CHALMETTE (AP) - St. Bernard State Park, closed more than 15 months since it was inundated with 10 feet of floodwater during Hurricane Katrina, will reopen Tuesday after a facelift costing nearly $1 million.
By Anonymous The Peyback Foundation run by New Orleans native and Indianapolis Colts All-Pro quarterback Peyton Manning, will hold a Christmas party for St. Bernard Parish's only elementary school at the Louisiana Children's Museum from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.