Residents react to closure of Washington Elementary School
Parents, grandparents and even nutrition managers at Washington Elementary were not happy after the School Board announced the doors of the school would be closing in order to make the building a ...
Louisiana paper mill to close, lay off 450 workers
Some 450 employees of a Natchitoches Parish paper mill will lose their jobs by the end of April after their parent company ...
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Clock is ticking on waste options after Campbell County rejects landfill expansion
According to the Region 2000 Services Authority, the expansion of the landfill on Livestock Road in Campbell County would be less expensive than building transfer stations. Patrick said city staff ...
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'We don't want to end up like California': Washington races to prevent LA-scale wildfire
As Southern California recovers from its costliest wildfire disaster, western Washington is fighting to ... who closely monitored the LA fires. After three decades in the Northwest, Brewington ...
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Louisiana grand jury indicts New York doctor over mailing abortion pills into state
Local news reports indicate that a grand jury in Port Allen, Louisiana, indicted Dr. Margaret Carpenter, her practice, Nightingale Medical, and the minor’s mother, who prosecutors say coerced ...
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Louisiana's Secretary of State encourages residents to vote in upcoming special elections
LAFAYETTE PARISH — As Americans watched newly elected President Donald Trump take office, some Louisiana voters will be heading back to the polls this weekend. Lafayette Parish will hold a ...
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High-speed crash in Washington Parish leaves woman dead
WASHINGTON PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A woman is dead following ... s Office were called to the scene of a crash on Sie Jenkins Road near Rolling Oaks Ridge along with officials with Fire District ...
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N.Y. doctor charged with prescribing abortion pills to Louisiana girl
The girl’s mother, whom The Washington ... in Louisiana, said he can’t prosecute Carpenter if Hochul won’t extradite her but he encouraged the doctor to come to West Baton Rouge parish ...
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Louisiana environmental activist loses freedom of speech lawsuit against parish officials
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist as she attempted to speak during a public meeting did not violate her right to ...
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What were university presidents doing at Washington Mardi Gras?
A Krewe de LSU sign hanging in the LSU-sponsored hospitality suite at Washington Mardi Gras (Piper Hutchinson/Louisiana Illuminator) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington Mardi Gras is known as a boozy ...
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Washington DC Mardi Gras brings Louisiana tradition to nation's Capitol
WASHINGTON, DC - Record snowfall in South Louisiana disrupted travel plans for hundreds of state residents scheduled to fly to Washington DC early last week. But most arrived by Friday ...
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Louisiana schools close due to snow, ice
PLAQUEMINES AND WASHINGTON PARISH SCHOOLS CLOSED THROUGH THURSDAY. WE HAVE THIS FULL LIST OF CLOSURES RIGHT Southeast Louisiana continues to be covered in thick snow, resulting in several school ...