A new laboratory at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La., will give students hands-on experience with the kind of equipment used to prevent blowouts and other catastrophes on oil rigs. Nicholls officials and industry executives last week unveiled the lab, …
Officials of OceanSafe say the hurricane-resistant model home built in New Orleans as a demonstration project survived Hurricane Isaac undamaged. The home, as well as several other company-built structures around the New Orleans area, took no damage from the hurricane’s …
A private company based in Mandeville contracted to run much of the claims processing and management handled by the state’s Office of Risk Management has been producing results ahead of schedule, legislative auditors said. Emily Wilson, performance audit manager for …
United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that a former Louisiana deputy insurance commissioner has been convicted on racketeering charges. Richard L. Chambers, Sr., age 67, of LaPlace, La., pled guilty to charges brought under the Operation Blighted Officials …
Federal regulators have cited a Pineville, La., general contracting company for alleged workplace safety violations stemming from an employee’s death. The Town Talk reports that the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommended a $4,900 penalty for Migues Deloach …
It has been a year since officials with the National Hurricane Museum and Science Center signed a cooperative agreement with Lake Charles City Hall to build the $60 million-plus facility on property near the Civic Center. On Tuesday, the American …
Homeowners in Gross Tete and Rosedale, La., can expect to see a dramatic drop in their fire insurance rates. Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon tells The Advocate the rate decreases, effective July 9, have been made possible because of fire …
The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office, in Louisiana, says deputies have ticketed a trucker injured when his tractor-trailer rear-ended another, causing a wreck that killed 56-year-old Jim Harville of Waskom, Texas – the driver of a third big rig. Spokeswoman Cindy …
A judge awarded $160,000 to a Bayou Blue, La., man who said he was labeled a child sexual predator in emails and flyers sent by Houma police. The Courier reports state District Judge Johnny Walker ruled that the man was …
Federal prosecutors in New Orleans announced that a Louisiana seafood processing plant and an Illinois seafood distributor have each been charged with one count of mislabeling over $100,000 worth of commercially-sold shrimp. The firms are charged with a felony violation …