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Port Allen mayor and police chief indicted
Port Allen Mayor Derek Lewis and Port Allen Police Chief Fred Smith were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for their part of an investigation called "Operation Blighted Official."Port Allen officials indicted in Cifer 5000 scheme 2theadvocate.com is the authority on current news and information on Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Produced by The Advocate and WBRZ News 2.
Allen set to tour Louisiana marsh PORT SULPHUR, La. (AP) — The federal government's point man on the BP oil spill response has scheduled a tour of a coastal marsh and a meeting with a public official who is often highly critical of the federal response.
Prep football capsules; Class 5A, 4A, 3A Broadmoor at Denham Springs 7 p.m. at Denham Springs High LAST WEEK: Broadmoor lost to Belaire, 14-0; Denham Springs beat Donaldsonville, 7-6.
Officials say effort to kill oil well still stalled Thad Allen, the government's point man on the BP oil disaster, said Tuesday current weather conditions are too rough to remove the blowout preventer on BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, but winds may ease enough by the weekend for work to continue.
Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off Removal of temporary cap on Gulf well not risk-free; US says potential for oil leakage is low
Planet Ark BP Plc delayed retrieval of the failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well this week because of bad weather, the top U.S. official overseeing the oil spill said on Monday.
Lee Zurik Investigation: Public Belt investigation grows Sources tell FOX 8 news four more people received subpoenas from the Orleans District Attorney’s Office Monday. Three contractors and another Public Belt employee will answer questions from DA investigators later this week. One subpoena went to the owner of Louisiana Landscape Contractors, a Port Allen, Louisiana based company. The contractor confirmed to FOX 8 he planted dozens of palm trees at ...
Cold case cards generate tips Four of the unsolved homicide and missing person cases featured on decks of cards given to the public and sold to inmates at state prisons have been closed.
Iraqis Auction Computers Donated for Kids U.S. Military Questions How $1.9 Million in Computers Bought by U.S. Taxpayers Were Auctioned for Less Than $50,000