The star witness will be absent when a long-awaited trial opens Monday for claims that thousands of homes flooded in the suburbs of New Orleans because parish officials evacuated its drainage pump operators on the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. …
The National Weather Service has recognized Terrebonne Parish as fully equipped to respond to a natural disaster. Ken Graham, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Slidell, tells The Courier the agency awarded Terrebonne with the StormReady certification. …
Louisiana residents and parish officials are lobbying the Army Corps of Engineers to include Ascension and St. James parishes in a massive hurricane protection project. The Advocate reports the Army Corps met this past week with local interests as part …
The Tangipahoa Parish Council has agreed to explore ways to amend ordinances regulating the ownership of “dangerous and vicious” dogs after hearing a complaint about some animals from a resident of the Hammond area. The Advocate reports Pat King told …
Isaac barely had hurricane-strength winds when it blew ashore southwest of New Orleans a year ago, but its effects are still apparent in coastal areas where it flooded thousands of homes. After landfall on Aug 28, 2012, Isaac stalled, dumping …
A floodgate designed to insulate portions of Terrebonne Parish from storm surge driven in from the Gulf of Mexico will be dedicated on Wednesday. The Courier reports the $48 million Bubba Dove Floodgate in the Houma Navigation Canal near Dulac …
The U.S. Justice Department says St. Bernard Parish has agreed to a settlement of more than $2.5 million to resolve lawsuits alleging the parish tried to restrict rental housing to blacks after Hurricane Katrina. The department said the settlement resolves …
Damages from Hurricane Isaac will cost St. John the Baptist Parish about $2 million in property tax revenue. The Times-Picayune reports Assessor Whitney Joseph Jr. told the parish council the value of the parish’s tax roll will drop by approximately …
A man who allegedly got a fully loaded AR-15 assault rifle from his pickup truck after being turned down for disaster food stamps is jailed in St. John the Baptist Parish, La. A claims processor in LaPlace told officers that …
Weekly housing assistance checks for residents evacuated because of a large sinkhole in Assumption Parish, La., will not be distributed Thursday as previously scheduled. Hurricane Isaac hit land Tuesday night in Plaquemines Parish and the uncertainty of its aftermath led …