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Louisiana Bar Foundation, Louisiana Pharmacists Association appoint board members
The Louisiana Bar Foundation recently installed its board of directors for 2024-25. Retired Ninth Judicial District Judge John C. Davidson, of Alexandria, is president. Davidson was elected as a district judge in 2004 and retired in September 2023. He began his private practice in New Orleans, working in the areas of complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy. Davidson moved to Alexandria in 1992 and continued his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, general defense work, personal injury and domestic law. He earned his law degree from the LSU Law Center, where he was order of the coif and a member of Louisiana Law Review.
Nine people died when tornado hit Louisiana church fair. Descendants memorialize tragedy century later.
The citizens of Vacherie had been praying for rain. And around 3 p.m. on August 24, 1924, it appeared their prayers had been answered. “It had been a drought for like three months or longer,” said David Hubbell, a descendent of those in Vacherie that day. “All of a sudden, the clouds came out … but then it started getting really bad. Bad wind and rain.”
Mega Millions Winner: Louisiana Lottery Confirms Friday’s Big Win
This is the weekend that people in Louisiana have been talking about since January. It doesn't matter where you have the conversation. It could be on the beach at Grand Isle, in the exercise yard with the girls in St. Gabriel, or sitting quietly spinning fidgets in Pineville or Jackson, at some point college football will be discussed.
Mega Millions Winner: Louisiana Lottery Confirms Friday’s Big Win
This is the weekend that people in Louisiana have been talking about since January. It doesn't matter where you have the conversation. It could be on the beach at Grand Isle, in the exercise yard with the girls in St. Gabriel, or sitting quietly spinning fidgets in Pineville or Jackson, at some point college football will be discussed.
Referee shortage could lead to prep football game cancellations
“So if you look at the population of the New Orleans area–Jefferson Parish, Orleans, and the Northshore–it’s only 160 people officiating high school football,” Eddie Allemore, assigner for the New Orleans Football Officials Association, said.
Black Bayou hosting Louisiana National Hunting and Fishing Day
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge will be one of the hosts for Louisiana’s National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHFD). NHFD will be held on September 28 at Waddill Wildlife Refuge in Baton Rouge, Woodworth Shooting Range in Woodworth, the Tom Merrill Recreation Area at Bodcau Wildlife Management Area in Haughton, and Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Monroe.
Louisiana Man Killed While Walking Away From Accident
A Breaux Bridge man was killed while walking away from a single-vehicle crash in St. Martinville. According to KLFY News 10, Langston Timothy Mayfield, 34, of Breaux Bridge, was killed early Friday morning while walking away from a single-vehicle crash. The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office responded to a crash...
Louisiana Utility Customers Being Threatened with Disconnection of Service
Scammers are calling customers claiming to be from their utility service and threatening to shut off their service if they don't pay up. Unfortunately, these scams are very successful across the state of Louisiana, and some in Acadiana are being targeted again. Why different variations of the scam have been...
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