Former Advocate top editor retiring BATON ROUGE – Long-time Advocate reporter and editor Carl Redman is retiring, a move anticipated since the newspaper changed ownership in May.
Redman has been the newspaper’s executive editor for 6...
A little 'something' brewing in the Gulf Tropical storm forecasters are taking note of a low pressure system just north of the Yucatan Peninsula that will likely organize itself into a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico by midweek....
Vermilion to slabbers: Pull pants up or pay up ABBEVILLE – By the middle of June, anyone caught by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office exposing worn undergarments in the rural areas of the parish could be hit with a $500 fine or serve time in...
Jindal signs life-time concealed carry permit into law BATON ROUGE – Louisiana residents can get lifetime concealed handgun permits under terms of a bill signed into law Thursday night.
The measure was the first gun bill to reach Gov. Bobby Jindal’s de...
State parks fees going up BATON ROUGE – The Office of State Parks is making necessary fee adjustments on camping sites at parks and entrance fees at historic sites. The new pricing will go into effect July 1, 2013.
The fee ...
Cottonport Bank opens Baton Rouge branch BATON ROUGE – The Cottonport Bank has opened a branch in Baton Rouge, its first in a major metropolitan city.
The bank, founded in Cottonport in 1902, operates branches in Avoyelles, Ppinte Coupee...
Caddo cuts 107 teaching slots SHREVEPORT – The Caddo Parish School Board eliminated 107 elementary and high school teaching positions Wednesday, part of the strategy toward reducing a $21.5 million deficit.
The cuts, mostly thr...
Gubernatorial possibles on the money trail By John Maginnis
& Jeremy Alford
LaPolitics.com
With the next governor’s election a mere 29 months away, prospective candidates are getting down to the first order of business, which is raising th...
Exxon lobbyist Exxon lobbyist, former Duke athlete
BATON ROUGE – Services for former Duke University football and baseball player and Exxon Louisiana government affairs manager Roy Marley, Jr. will be Friday. He ...
Raises possible for some sheriffs, parish presidents By John Maginnis
and Jeremy Alford
LaPolitics.com
The pay raise proposals winding through the Legislature for clerks of court, assessors and judges could potentially increase the salaries of sheri...
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