Lawmakers are looking to prevent a repeat of the massive Assumption Parish sinkhole that officials say was caused by a collapsed underground salt cavern – and make sure prospective property owners know what may lie beneath the ground before they …
Officials with the East Jefferson Levee District are warning members of the public not to use rocks placed along the edge of Lake Pontchartrain to build castles or other structures on the foreshore protection area. Executive director Fran Campbell tells …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Wednesday that Manda Packing Co., based in Baker, is recalling the meat that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Food contaminated with the bacterium can cause a serious infection …
The Baker City Council has approved a bid for a project in the works for more than 20 years to upgrade some of the city’s natural gas pipelines. Mayor Harold Rideau tells The Advocate the city has been trying to …
A proposed Settlement has been preliminarily approved by the court in Arthur v. The Standard Fire Insurance Co. and The Travelers Indemnity Co., No. 09-7332 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The Complaint alleges that …
New Orleans, La., police say a man wearing a hood that covered his face used a cigarette lighter to set a large fire inside a fast-food restaurant where six employees were working. All the employees escaped safely and no customers …
The governing board for Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort didn’t choose an alternate approach Wednesday to balance the company’s books after a $100 million borrowing plan stalled at the state capitol. Instead, Steve Cottrell, chief financial officer for the …
Federal investigators say as much as $700 million in federal aid intended to help some 24,000 Louisiana families elevate their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 may have been misspent. A report by the Housing and Urban Development …
The Lafayette City-Parish Council approved shifting money in this year’s budget to cover an additional $367,475 for a new fire station. Officials say the new station is needed to serve the growing city and keep down homeowners’ insurance rates. The …
Two people have been convicted in federal court in Baton Rouge, La., of running a scheme that defrauded Medicare of $17 million. Louis T. Age, 64, of Slidell, and his former wife, 60-year-old Verna S. Age, of New Orleans, were …