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A relocation notice posted in front of a makeshift shelter at the Earhart encampment Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Those living at the underpass will be transported Wednesday to the Transitional Center. (John Gray/Verite News)

Ahead of Super Bowl, Landry to relocate unhoused people living near tourist areas

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Monday, January 20, 2025

Louisiana state troopers began Monday notifying residents of a state-sanctioned unhoused encampment under the Pontchartrain Expressway that they will soon have to relocate, per an order from Gov. Jeff Landry.

Evangeline Parish School Board rejects charter

Harlan Kirgan

Monday, January 20, 2025

The Evangeline Parish School Board rejected an application for a charter school in Pine Prairie on Jan. 15 The school can now apply to the state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for approval.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour arrives Aug. 11, 2018, in San Pedro, California. The vessel is one of dozens Bollinger Shipyard of Lockport has construction for the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class)

GOP mega-donor’s Louisiana company pays $1M settlement for illegal workers

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Monday, January 20, 2025

The family-owned company of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign co-chair in Louisiana has agreed to pay $1.025 million to resolve allegations that it hired workers ineligible to work in the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.

Democrats behaving badly as Biden exits

Harlan Kirgan

Monday, January 20, 2025

Praise the Lord for his mercy. Joe Biden’s failed presidency has finally come to an end. There’s no predicting what Biden will do at the last minute to sabotage Donald Trump.

Reading in uncertain times

Harlan Kirgan

Monday, January 20, 2025

Our new president has just taken office, and one of his priorities is to seek out the possibility of buying Greenland. Its closest neighbor is Iceland, so maybe Trump can get a twofer, a lagniappe deal for both countries.

Joe Vanderbrook of Lafayette displays a sign during a rally to support Ronald Greene’s family at the State Capitol on Thursday, May 27, 2021.(Photo by Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)

Feds detail pattern of ‘unchecked misconduct’ within Louisiana State Police

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Monday, January 20, 2025

Federal authorities released the findings of an investigation Thursday that revealed a pattern of unlawful conduct within the Louisiana State Police, including troopers’ use of excessive force, lack of accountability and other problems in “every corner of the state.” The U.S.

Two Opelousas residents were arrested and accused of manufacturing and dealing synthetic marijuana, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.

Sheriff: Major synthetic marijuana dealers busted

Harlan Kirgan

Monday, January 20, 2025

Two Opelousas residents were arrested and accused of manufacturing and dealing synthetic marijuana, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. “Today, narcotics investigators with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted a joint operation with Homeland Security and the U.S.

This map from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management shows where President Biden’s executive orders restrict new offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and the Bering Sea. (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.)

Louisiana leads lawsuit against Biden’s ban on new offshore drilling

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Monday, January 20, 2025

The ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling President Biden put in place on his way out of office doesn’t apply to federal waters off the Louisiana coast, but state Attorney General Liz Murrill is challenging the action she calls “blatantly illegal.” Through executive orders on Jan.

Dorothy “Dottie” Olivier Brickley Cardana

Myra Miller

Monday, January 20, 2025

EUNICE-It is with heavy hearts the family of Dorothy “Dottie” Olivier Brickley Cardana announces her passing at her home on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at the age of 72. A Celebration of Life will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

DOTD prepared for wintry conditions, urges caution during inclement weather

Harlan Kirgan

Monday, January 20, 2025

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announces all staff are prepared to take proactive measures in the event of adverse weather, as bitterly cold temperatures and wintry precipitation are forecast for a large portion of the state in the coming days.