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Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Coastal Environment & Fisheries) - Cameron Parish - R00095777
Work Location: The primary area served by this position is Cameron and Calcasieu parishes. This region supports a large commercial and recreational fishing industry. The Assistant/Associate Extension Agent’s office domicile will be located at the Cameron Parish Extension Office in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Position Description: This is a non-tenure...
School Board gives Van Metre four-year contract
The Calcasieu Parish School Board finalized new Superintendent Jason Van Metre’s contract at a special meeting on Thursday, July 11. VanMetre was chosen as superintendent on Tuesday out of a pool of five finalists. While presenting the contract, VanMetre said it was “very similar” to former superintendent Shannon LaFargue’s contract, with only a few changes. […]
Process Service Specialists Invests $3.5M In Louisiana Expansion
Process Service Specialists (PSS) announced it will invest $3.5 million over the next three years to establish a manufacturing facility at the Port of Lake Charles. The company expects to generate 160 direct new jobs in Calcasieu Parish over the next three years with an average annual salary of $100,000, thanks to the creation of this facility. Louisiana Economic Development (LED) also estimates the project will result in 318 indirect new jobs, for a total of 478 potential new jobs in the Southwest Louisiana Region.
Louisiana Mother Faces Murder And Cruelty Charges After 4-Year-Old Son Discovered Dead In Lake
After the dead body of a 4-year-old boy was discovered in a southwest Louisiana lake, and his 1-year-old brother was found crawling near a highway, the mother of the children was arrested and charged with numerous charges. According to The Associated Press, 25-year-old Aaliyah Jack was arrested in Mississippi on...
Baby Found Alive in Ditch After 2 Days, Brother Found Dead, Mother Aaliyah Jack Arrested
Police say ‘miracle baby’ survived two days in Louisiana ditch after allegedly being abandoned by mother Aaliyah Jack. A Louisiana mother has been arrested after her 1-year-old was found alone in a roadside ditch, miles from where the child’s brother’s body was previously found. Calcasieu Parish...
Trucker describes finding 'miracle baby' by the side of a highway in Louisiana
Reginald Walton had just rolled his 18-wheeler into Louisiana, eastbound on Interstate 10 after making a Texas delivery, when he spotted what looked like a discarded baby doll sitting on the embankment.Then he saw movement. “I noticed that it moved and I called 911 and told them I thought I saw a child on the side of the road,” Walton told The Associated Press in a Friday telephone interview.Walton, of Texarkana, Texas, didn't know it as he maneuvered his semitrailer to the roadside Tuesday morning, but the abandoned child had been the object of an intense search since his...
Charges upgraded against mother after 4-year-old found dead & 1-year-old found crawling in ditch near I-10
Detectives with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office said charges have been upgraded against a mother whose 4-year-old son was found dead in the water behind the Louisiana Welcome Center in Vinton and 1-year-old son was found crawling in a ditch near I-10.
Charges upgraded against mother of dead boy, abandoned toddler
CALCASIEU PARISH, La. — Upgraded charges and bond have been added to a woman authorities believe is responsible for the death of one of her children and abandonment of another. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Office detectives on Thursday upgraded charges on Aaliyah N. Jack, 25, of Lake Charles. Jack, who remains in custody in Mississippi, is […] The post Charges upgraded against mother of dead boy, abandoned toddler appeared first on Orange Leader.
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