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Westgate High football looks loaded and ready for another state championship push
The 2024 version of Westgate High is one of the deepest teams the Tigers fielded in the school's 25 years of playing football. Coach Ryan Antoine has 16 starters returning from a 2023 team that dealt with significant injury issues that saw a number of underclassmen see playing time. That...
Bollinger gets $7.6M mod to unmanned MCM vessel contract
Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC, Lockport, La., has been awarded a $7,677,970 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-22-C-6305) to exercise options for Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MCM USV) engineering support. Work will be performed in Lockport (37%); Portsmouth, Va. (34%); Dallas, Texas (14%); Slidell, La.(10%); Orrville, Ohio (3%);...
Thibodaux Regional welcomes Dr. Brittany Wyger, Weight Management Specialist, to the Medical Staff
Thibodaux, Louisiana – Thibodaux Regional Health System is pleased to announce the expansion of its weight management services with the addition of Brittany Wyger, MD, FAAFP, ABOM, obesity/weight management specialist, to the active medical staff. Dr. Wyger is available to care for patients at Thibodaux Regional Weight Management Center located at 604 North Acadia Road, Suite 406, Thibodaux, LA, (985) 493-4146.
Couple moves into new home after Hurricane Ida destroyed their home of more than 50 years
LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. — The view of the bayou across from Brenda Billiot’s Lafourche Parish home is one she wasn’t sure she’d see again. “I see the boats passing, people going shrimping and crabbing, making their living,” said Billiot as she stood on her elevated porch. “We’ve been patient, to wait.”
Dodging downpours this Labor Day weekend
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A surface trough near the Texas Coast is bringing disturbed weather in the northern Gulf of Mexico and pushing rain showers inland throughout the day. With the tropical moisture in place, we could see heavy rain, providing a flash flood threat, especially in areas with poor drainage. For this reason, the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch that will remain in effect until 7 p.m. this evening. Rain and clouds will keep the temperatures down a bit today in the mid to upper 80s for the daytime high.
50/50 chance of named storm approaching Caribbean, Gulf disturbance's chances remain low
The low pressure that is creating all this rain across the Gulf coast region still has low chances of development into a tropical depression or named storm, the National Hurricane Center says.
Keep Bossier Beautiful Receives Keep Louisiana Beautiful Healthy Communities Grant
Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB), the state’s premier anti-litter and. community improvement organization has chosen Keep Bossier Beautiful (KBB) to receive a. Healthy Communities Grant to support KBB’s litter prevention and waste management. practices. Keep Louisiana Beautiful has awarded the $10,000 grant to help create and execute. an educational...
Top 10 Louisiana HS football players in Class of 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (BVM) – The Louisiana football prep scene is dominated by LSU commits. Six of the top 10 seniors in the state are committed to the local school. There is a lot of other talent in the Bayou State heading elsewhere with players in the Class of 2025 heading to Michigan, Texas, Miami and Mississippi State.
Southwest Louisiana Prep Football Jamborees - August 29th
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - More than half of our local high school football teams were on the field on Thursday night for a final tune-up jamboree before their seasons get underway next week, and 10 of our teams were at Sulphur and Sam Houston. DeQuincy, South Beauregard, LaGrange, DeRidder,...
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