The Federal Aviation Administration is accepting public comments through Monday on SpaceX’s proposal to build a large-scale rocket launch facility in coastal Vermilion Parish. The Louisiana Wildlife Federation has submitted two letters to the F-A-A. Executive Director Rebecca Triche says their latest letter urges the agency to take local environmental conditions into account…
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The Saints have been in Paris since Monday morning as they prepare to face the Steelers on Sunday. General Manager Loomis says the early departure was not just to get acclimated to the new time zone.
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Despite concerns of civil unrest in Paris, the game is expected to go on as scheduled, and several players made public appearances on their day off in the city yesterday.
Louisiana’s dry spell is expected to continue into next week. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says the lack of rain could drive up irrigation and food costs and increase the risk of wildfires. He says they are now seeing 50-plus wildfires a week.
The grave of a Louisiana soldier killed in the Korean War has deteriorated so badly that his casket is exposed at a Baton Rouge cemetery. Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Jerome Buller says the brick structure covering Private First-Class Samuel Pierre Junior’s grave has collapsed.
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With no living family immediately identified, state officials are considering repairing the grave or relocating Pierre’s remains.