Rick Taylor
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Dr. Binshan Lin, professor of management at LSU Shreveport, has been appointed senior editor for “International Journal of Synergy and Research” (IJSR).
Due to the extremely dry conditions in certain Parishes within the state, State Fire Marshal, H. Butch Browning and, Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner, Mike Strain have issued a cease and desist order for all private burning, pursuant to authority under R.S. 40:1563. Private burning shall only be allowed by permission of the local fire department or local government.
Maintenance beginning this evening at the T.L. Amiss Water Purification Plant will likely result in lower system pressure throughout the City.
Notice of Meeting
Department of Environmental Quality officials are continuing to investigate an extensive fish kill incident that affected the Pearl River in Washington and St. Tammany parishes.
Recently we featured this post, but just in case you missed it I wanted to re-post it. Especially once I realized who it was. You will probably know him too.
For me, I was flipping channels about a week ago and came upon "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on Current TV and he was doing a segment of his show called "Time marches on," which caught my attention. In his segment he showed a Knoxville, Tennessee television reporter who looked extremely aggravated, so I turned up the volume and listened, as well as watched. To my disbelief, it was former KSLA-TV 12 newsman Gordon Boyd.
Sci-Port: Louisiana’s Science Center will be closed on Mondays from September through February. The Center will be open on the following Mondays that are regularly scheduled 2011-12 Caddo and/or Bossier school holidays: September 5, October 17, November 21, December 19, December 26, January 2, January 16 and February 20.
State, local and federal agencies continue to respond to a fish kill in the Pearl River that originated near Bogalusa in Washington Parish. This fish kill was reported on Saturday and the slug of black water believed to have caused or contributed to the fish kills has moved south through St. Tammany Parish.
An out-of-control wildfire in the heart of town kept multiple fire agencies busy into late last evening. Shreveport Firefighters, with the help of at least five Caddo Fire Districts spent much of yesterday battling a wildfire that threatened homes and businesses in south-central Shreveport.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS, The Blanchard Music Fest & Benefit Pageant is coming up soon!