East Baton Rouge school officials celebrate Lee High groundbreaking
Officials with the East Baton Rouge Parish School System celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Lee High School on June 5, 2014. The school is scheduled to be completed by January 2016.
View ArticleChris Ziifle retires from Gretna Gun Works
Chris Ziifle, 84, has sold Gretna Gun Works, her family business for 66 years. After decades of selling firearms, teaching gun safety and certifying owners for concealed weapons permits, Ziifle talks...
View ArticleD-Day commemoration and La Marseillaise
World War II veterans, and in particular those who participated in the D-Day landings at Normandy 70 years ago Friday, were honored at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans Friday (June 6...
View ArticleLampton "LC" Terrell shares his D-Day story
Lampton "LC" Terrell of Bush was a 22-year-old staff sergeant in the U.S. Army's 1st Engineer Special Brigade when he led 36 soldiers to Utah Beach during the allied invasion of occupied France on the...
View ArticleD-Day 70th Anniversary is celebrated with visitors getting the first chance...
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the National World War II Museum let visitors get inside a reproduction of the famous Higgins LCVP (Land, Craft, Vehicle Personnel) boat for the first time....
View ArticleWetlands as a source of carbon savings
New standards proposed this week by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon pollution from electric power plants offer a glimmer of hope, said David Muth, director of the...
View ArticleCollege students to get break in loan re-payments under Obama order
President Barack Obama sought to ease the financial strain on nearly 5 million college graduates by reducing student loan re-payments. The president signed an executive order to cap student loan...
View ArticleYoung Louisiana Entrepreneurs
There's a greater local push to teach kids about entrepreneurship. About 20 Louisiana area kids got a small taste of entrepreneurship at a week-long Young Entrepreneurs Camp lead by area business...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneurs in Louisiana
There's a greater local push to teach kids about entrepreneurship earlier in life. About 20 Louisiana area kids got a small taste of entrepreneurship at a week-long Young Entrepreneurs Camp lead by...
View ArticleGusman's Hurricane Plan
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman held a press conference to discuss hurricane preparedness and evacuation procedures on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Major upgrades include new power generators for use...
View ArticleUsing fear as a stepping stone
On the next episode of Small Business Master Class, Chef Chris Wadsworth, co-founder of Triumph Kitchen in downtown Baton Rouge shares how he's able to use fear as a stepping stone in his business.
View ArticleCol. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office,...
Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, gives an update on SWAT roll in Jefferson Tuesday, June 10, 2014.
View ArticleLiving with coal terminals in Plaquemines Parish
Bryan Ernst lives in Woodpark next to Kinder Morgan’s International Marine Terminal coal plant in southern Plaquemines Parish. Living with coal dust means hosing down his car, boat, lawn furniture and...
View ArticleLook inside a new boutique on Metairie Road
Luis Acevedo opened the upscale Casa Bella furniture boutique in Spring 2014. His store is an example of the type of small-scale shop that Jefferson Parish planners hope will blend well on Metairie...
View ArticleWal-Mart opens a new location in eastern New Orleans to thousands of residents
Nine years after Hurricane Katrina shuttered the only Wal-Mart store in eastern New Orleans, today they opened a new location where thousands of local residents came out to shop. Many who have lived in...
View ArticleVideo: Big Freedia pays tribute to the winning six-word graduation speech
New Orleans bounce star Big Freedia sends best wishes to Demonisha Edwards, winner of the NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune's six-word graduation speech contest, and riffs on her oration "Want the rainbow?...
View ArticleSister Maria Colombo leaving the New Orleans area
Sister Maria Colombo, director of development at Academy of Our Lady in Marrero, is leaving the New Orleans area after 15 years of service to West Bank Catholic schools.
View ArticleHoneybee swarm removed from Gretna
A honeybee swarm formed a cluster about the size of a basketball in a bush outside the Jefferson Parish Government Center in Gretna Wednesday morning, leading parish officials to rope off an area to...
View ArticleHoneybee removal expert gets a stinger
Jannett Cancella, co-ower of Bees Are My Business in Destrehan, removes a honeybee swarm that took up residence in a red-tip shrub across Derbigny Street from the Jefferson Parish Government Center in...
View ArticleMonty Sullivan, Louisiana's community college system chief, talks about...
Monty Sullivan, Louisiana's community college system chief, talks about high-demand jobs and workforce development.
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