The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2018 Angel Award® through Friday, March 13, 2020. The Angel Award® program recognizes Louisiananians who have dedicated themselves to improving life for the state’s children. Each year, the Foundation makes a $25,000 grant to the Louisiana-based nonprofit represented by each honoree. […]
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The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and Gov. John Bel Edwards today called on 23rd Judicial Judge Jessie LeBlanc to resign after she admitted to using racial slurs in reference to an Ascension parish deputy and a court employee. Gov. Edwards said: “The admitted and repeated use of racial slurs by a judge who has taken […]
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A smiling, happy crowd of senior adults dressed in their best (some ladies with hats) recently met at the Ponchatoula Community Center earlier than the regular lunchtime to enjoy the fellowship and food of a Tea party given just for them. Hosting the occasion were Ponchatoula Area Supervisor Paula Dunn, Office Assistant Sheryl Achord, and […]
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Tonya Mabry of Amite, La., has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the Southwest Regional Council of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Mabry is the executive director of the Tangipahoa Parish Government Housing Choice Voucher Program in Amite, Louisiana. Her job duties are overseeing the daily operations of […]
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For a decade, the Southern University Ag Center’s Louisiana Small Farmers Conference has provided the state’s small agricultural producers with strategies and information on the latest educational tools and resources to help them stay in business. This year, the Center brings, “Investing in Your Small Farm Business,” at the Southern University’s Felton G. Clark Activity […]
She uses her art in the way protesters use their voice, leaders use their influence, and nations use their power.
Antoinette Harrell, known as the “Slavery Detective of the South,” is on a mission to interview and document the oral histories of people who still live on plantations to this very day. Deangelo Manuel and Tyra Climmons, two interns working with Harrell, visited two plantations in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. They set out to discover why […]
The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center along with its medical marijuana partner, Ilera Holistic Healthcare, has launched its hemp-derived CBD product line, Alafia Healthcare. “This is a historic milestone for the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in that today, we have become the first HBCU, in partnership with Ilera Holistic Healthcare, […]
Amite politico Walter Daniels returned from a trip to the Secretary of State’s Office in Baton Rouge as the newly-sworn in mayor of his hometown. After being appointed acting mayor on Friday night in a 3-2 vote of the Amite Council, Daniels said he went to Baton Rouge Monday to file the appropriate paperwork with […]