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Desegregation attorney seeks $1.6M in fees
KNOE Local News
Feb 01Opelousas attorney Marion Overton White is seeking $1.6 million in legal fees for his work in the Evangeline Parish desegregation case. »
False cop nets his second arrest
Ksla - La Headlines
Jan 25A 57-year-old Eunice man, arrested in November for impersonating a police officer, is back in jail again and facing the same charge. »
Opelousas setting up cultural district
KNOE Local News
Jan 21Opelousas hopes to set up a state-designated cultural district that local officials say should energize the downtown business and residential climate. »
St. Landry board cuts school budget
Ksla - La Headlines
Jan 13The St. Landry Parish School Board is cutting its budget to curtail an estimated $4 million shortfall. »
Bodies of 2 found in burning house
Ksla - La Headlines
Jan 11Two men have been found dead inside a burning house in Opelousas, the victims of a double shooting. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
The End Of The Beginning
The Hayride
Jan 06Winston Churchill’s comments about the Battle of Egypt in 1942 popped into my mind when the Iowa Caucus vote was in: “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Presidential campaigns be... »
Response to challenge LA higher education improvement
Between the Lines
Dec 14The Louisiana Board of Regents made the right call in holding Louisiana State University – Eunice accountable for its decisions, but the episode demonstrates the perils the policy-makers and educators face in trying to improve delivery of higher educat... »
Notes And Thoughts On The Legislative Orientation Yesterday
The Hayride
Dec 13It was a pretty full day at the Pelican Institute’s Legislative Orientation yesterday in downtown Baton Rouge, starting with a speech by Sen. David Vitter around 8:30 in the morning and ending with a speech by Karl Rove last night. From a news standpoi... »
Honoring Our Veterans in Louisiana
Louisiana Conservative
Nov 02Get Ready for the Largest Celebration of Our Heroes in Louisiana! By Laura O’Halloran Livingston Parish will be hosting the largest and loudest “HooRah!” to our Veterans on November 12, 2011 in Walker! All are encouraged to be a part of an all-out “Tha... »
Hey! No Peaking!
The Hayride
Oct 24Has Louisiana’s Republican Party peaked in its electoral influence? A couple of pieces – one at the Times-Picayune and the other at Jeff Sadow’s site, argue yes. Sadow… …it seems GOP gains at best will be marginal, which would seem to show that the tid... »