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Climate researchers funded $5.4M to study extreme weather impacts

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, December 10, 2021
Earth’s climate is changing, and those changes have been identified as a threat to U.S. national security. To gather the latest, most critical data to address these challenges, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has awarded climate researchers $5.

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Louisiana Young Heroes program calls for nominations

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, December 10, 2021
Louisiana Public Broadcasting is announcing the 27th annual Louisiana Young Heroes program and the statewide call for nominations of students to be recognized as Louisiana Young Heroes in 2022.
The Hilliard Art Museum has released a new 200-page book celebrating the work of A. Hays Town, titled A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana, written by Carol McMichael Reese, Favrot professor in the Tulane School of Architecture.

The Hilliard Art Museum has released a new 200-page book celebrating the work of A. Hays Town, titled A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana, written by Carol McMichael Reese, Favrot professor in the Tulane School of Architecture.

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Hilliard Art Museum releases new A. Hays Town book

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, December 10, 2021
LAFAYETTE — The Hilliard Art Museum has released a new 200-page book celebrating the work of A. Hays Town, titled A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana, written by Carol McMichael Reese, Favrot professor in the Tulane School of Architecture.
Pollinators like this bee enjoy roses. (Photos by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter)

Pollinators like this bee enjoy roses. (Photos by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter)

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Stop and smell the roses this fall

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Friday, December 3, 2021
If you’ve been keeping up with your roses, you took care of fertilizing and trimming them in late summer during August or, at the latest, September. Undoubtedly, your repeat-blooming roses like Knockout and Louisiana Super Plant drift roses are looking gorgeous right now.
Gov. John Bel Edwards

Gov. John Bel Edwards

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$10B LNG plant announced

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Venture Global LNG CEO Mike Sabel announced the company will invest more than $10 billion in a new liquefied natural gas facility in Cameron Parish that will employ carbon capture and sequestration technology (CCS) to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Centenary College senior Teri Johnson, a native of Eunice, signed copies of her new book, The One, and delivered an author talk at the College’s Meadows Museum of Art on Wednesday. Submitted photo)

Centenary College senior Teri Johnson, a native of Eunice, signed copies of her new book, The One, and delivered an author talk at the College’s Meadows Museum of Art on Wednesday. Submitted photo)

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Centenary student holds book reading/signing at Meadows Museum of Art

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Centenary College senior Teri Johnson, a native of Eunice, signed copies of her new book, The One, and delivered a talk at the College’s Meadows Museum of Art on Wednesday.

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Shot for $100 vaccine incentive extended through Dec. 31

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Louisiana’s Shot For $100 vaccine incentive program is being extended through the end of the year, giving residents another chance to get their shots throughout the holiday season. Louisiana residents now have until Dec.
Mary Manhein founded and directed the FACES lab, assisting law enforcement in finding missing persons and human remains. (Photo courtesy of LSU)

Mary Manhein founded and directed the FACES lab, assisting law enforcement in finding missing persons and human remains. (Photo courtesy of LSU)

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Lab at LSU helps identify the missing

Annalise Vidrine and Shelly Kleinpeter / LSU Manship School News Service
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
“Can you get me the bone lady?” Since the 1980s, law enforcement officials from across Louisiana have called LSU for help in identifying a human remains and finding missing people. This earned Mary Manhein the reputation as “the bone lady.
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon

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Insurance Commissioner Donelon says he is working to protect long-term care policyholders

Harlan Kirgan
Monday, November 29, 2021
Insurance Commissioner Donelon says he is working to protect long-term care policyholders In the coming weeks, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon will take additional steps to protect Louisiana long-term care policyholders of Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP) from potentially...

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In search of a patient joker

Jim Bradshaw
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
I don’t know who Mr. Janin was. All I know about him is that he lived in St. Martin Parish in the 1850s, was a practical joker, and was a very patient man. The evidence is in two newspaper reports. On Oct.