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Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees
The Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2025 class of Hall of Fame inductees on Tuesday. This group of nine outstanding individuals has shown incredible talent, dedication, and passion in high school sports, making them true representatives of Louisiana athletics. Every year, the Louisiana High School Athletic...
Funeral arrangements for Louisiana attorney, former legislator announced
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Funeral arrangements were announced for a former attorney and state legislator from Shreveport. Willie James Singleton‘s funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 31, at 11 a.m. at the Strand Theater, 619 Louisiana Avenue. According to a brief biography on the R.W. Norton...
Beloved Lockport museum, preserving community heritage and culture, officially reopens doors to visitors
The Bayou Lafourche Folklife & Heritage Museum is excited to bring culture, education, and connection back to the Lafourche Parish community, after they were forced to pause 30 years of operations due to COVID-19 and Hurricane Ida. Located in the heart of Lockport, Louisiana, the Bayou Lafourche Folklife & Heritage...
Police searching for patient missing from assisted living facility in Kenner
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (KSLA) - INFORMATION FROM LOUISIANA STATE POLICE:. Louisiana State Police has issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the Kenner Police Department for 65-year-old James Evans, Jr. Evans was last seen at approximately 9:50 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. He was discovered missing this morning around 10:30 a.m. Mr. James is a patient at an assisted living facility in Kenner, where he walked away from.
Developer 'Mike' Motwani ditches plans for hotel and is selling Frenchmen Street building
Kishore “Mike” Motwani and his family are abandoning their plans to turn a historic building in the 500 block of Frenchmen Street into a 34-room hotel with a music venue and restaurant and are putting the property up for sale. Real estate broker Parke McEnery said Tuesday he...
Vacant units are on the rise in New Orleans public housing. The agency's board wants to know why.
New Orleans' public housing authority has struggled to fill vacant public housing units in the properties it owns, according to internal reports and comments by agency officials at a board meeting Tuesday. The vacancy issues are particularly acute at the largest property managed directly by the Housing Authority of New...
Slidell woman shot in leg during drive-by shooting, police say
A Slidell woman was shot in the leg Tuesday night in what police said was a drive-by shooting. Shortly after 8 p.m. Slidell police responded to multiple reports of shots being fired from a vehicle in the 500 block of Beechwood Drive. Officers on the scene found a woman with a gunshot wound to her leg, police said.
Abbeville man wanted for Vermilion Parish shooting in June captured in Lafayette; alleged accomplice also arrested
ABBEVILLE, La. (VPSO) — The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office was notified by the Lafayette Police Department on June 24 that a shooting victim had been found unconscious in their jurisdiction after losing consciousness while attempting to drive to the hospital. Deputies with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office arrived...
Denny's is out, but this New Orleans favorite will move into a space near Topgolf
The Ruby Slipper, a popular New Orleans-based breakfast and brunch location that also has a presence in Baton Rouge, will open a location in Lafayette. The restaurant was granted a building permit from Lafayette Consolidated Government for the space at 4701 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Building D, in what had initially been a space for a Denny’s at the Ambassador Town Center.
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