GULFPORT, MS (AP) — A Gulf Coast fertilizer manufacturer will plead guilty Aug. 19 to federal allegation of violating the Clean Water Act by polluting waterways. The government said Mississippi Phosphates killed fish and destroyed marshy areas around Bayou…
NEW ORLEANS – Today, in advance of the 10th anniversary of Katrina, The Data Center released The New Orleans Index at Ten: Measuring Greater New Orleans’ Progress toward Prosperity. When Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures devastated metro New…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Friday, July 31. AUTISM CONFERENCE — An "Independence in Autism" Conference will be held to provide counseling professionals, teachers, school administrators, family members and other caretakers with resources to help…
NEW ORLEANS – She was supposed to helm the new University Medical Center. Instead, she announced her resignation on Thursday, 2 days before the new hospital is supposed to open to the public. According to The Advocate’s Jeff Adelson,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys are eyeing a November retrial date for Kurt Mix, the former BP engineer charged with obstructing a federal investigation into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Court papers filed Thursday show attorneys are…
NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) won two awards from the Governmental Research Association (GRA) at its national conference in Denver on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. BGR received the Outstanding Policy Achievement award for its research…
NEW ORLEANS – Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, City officials and FEMA opened the new, $6.2 million Stallings St. Claude Center and Pool at 4300 St. Claude Ave. in the Bywater neighborhood. This new 17,000-square-foot facility replaces the previous 13,000-square-foot community…
NEW ORLEANS – Leading experts on the JFK assassination will gather in New Orleans for a conference called “Oswald's Summer of Secrets: New Orleans and the JFK Assassination” from Friday, October 16, through Sunday October 18, 2015, at the Crowne…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Barack Obama a three-month bill to keep highway and transit money flowing to states on Thursday, one day before the deadline for a cutoff of funds. Earlier in the day, the Senate passed…
NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. profit dropped by half in the second quarter on sharply lower oil and gas prices around the world, but the company's oil and gas production, which has been generally declining in recent years,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wages and benefits grew in the spring at the slowest pace in 33 years, stark evidence that stronger hiring isn't lifting paychecks much for most Americans. The slowdown also likely reflects a sharp drop-off in bonus…
NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine making a video call without other people being able to listen in. Yahoo is trying to make that happen with Livetext, a new app that seeks to make video calling as private as texting.…
MENLO PARK, CA (AP) — Facebook says it will begin test flights later this year for a solar-powered drone with a wingspan as big as a Boeing 737, in the next stage of its campaign to deliver Internet connectivity to…
NEW DELHI (AP) — Ride-hailing service Uber has announced a $1 billion investment for the Indian market for the next nine months as it hopes to expand services and products, news reports said Friday. According to Press Trust of…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Next year, you won't have to worry about missing the buzziest commercials of the Super Bowl if you can't get to a TV. In the past, not all advertisers bought online time along with a…
STAMFORD, CT (AP) — Shares of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. soared Thursday as the company said more people subscribed to its online video streaming service in the second quarter. The producer of professional wrestling events and television shows said…
SHREVEPORT, LA (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its filing deadline for Louisiana policyholders impacted by recent Red River flooding. FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program normally requires homeowners to file a Proof of Loss form to…
SHREVEPORT, LA (AP) — The U.S. Small Business Administration will provide low-interest federal disaster loans to Louisiana businesses and residents affected by the Red River flooding that occurred May 18-June 20. SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet says the agency acted…
GULFPORT, MS (AP) — Residents of North Gulfport say a project proposed along Turkey Creek will cause flooding if 432 acres of wetlands are filled in. The Sun Herald’s Vicki Terrinoni reports environmental organizers and hundreds of residents voiced…
PASCAGOULA, MS (AP) — Huntington Ingalls Industries has given its first tour of its Shipyard of the Future, showing off the company's emphasis on efficiency in the four years since it was spun off from Northrop Grumman, and touting forays…
HOUSTON, MS (AP) — Quality Iron Fabricators will invest $4.9 million to expand its Chickasaw County facility and hire 50 workers, bringing total employment to 70. The structural steel fabricator, based in Memphis, TN, made the announcement Wednesday. It…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Expectations have grown that sometime this year, the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates from record lows. The only question seems to be when. A statement the Fed issued Wednesday after ending its latest policy meeting…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Thursday, July 30. SLIDELL POLICE — The Slidell Police Department will host a press conference to discuss a multi-jurisdictional investigation, 11:00 a.m. Location: Slidell City Auditorium, 2056 2nd St., Slidell.…
NEW ORLEANS — The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) announced a total investment of $4.7 million to 10 community-based organizations in the foundation’s priority places of New Orleans and Mississippi that are working to promote racial equity and healing in order…
NEW ORLEANS – On Thursday, July 30, 2015, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Councilmember Susan Guidry will host a community meeting in City Council District A to discuss budget priorities as the City begins its 2016 budgeting for outcomes process. …
NEW ORLEANS — Working students have the opportunity to earn an associate’s degree in two years by taking only weekend classes at the Delgado Community College City Park Campus in New Orleans. Enhanced employment opportunities or transfer to a four-year…
NEW ORLEANS – Committee For A Better New Orleans will host its 6th Annual Diana Lewis Citizen Participation Awards luncheon on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 601 Loyola Ave., from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. …
NEW ORLEANS – Whole Foods Market Louisiana stores will hold a Community Giving Day on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, and will donate five percent of the day’s net profits to organizations dedicated to serving children including: Breakthrough New Orleans…
NEW ORLEANS – A collaborative sculptural installation entitled “FLAG” will be unveiled on the median/ neutral ground at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Parkway and Canal Street on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.…
COVINGTON, LA (AP) — Slumping activity in the Gulf of Mexico dropped Covington-based Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc.'s second-quarter profit to $19.2 million, or 53 cents per share, from $31.2 million, or 85 cents a share earlier. Revenue fell 20.3…
