Alexandria native and Louisiana Tech senior Emma Foltz was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal for her role in safely evacuating 14 young girls from flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas. Governor Jeff Landry says it is the highest honor to bestow on a civilian.
Foltz says once they found out the news, their main focus was keeping the girls entertained, safe and healthy.
South Louisiana is under a flood watch until Saturday night. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the nexus of the storm is currently off the coast of Mississippi…
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The president of Lafourche Parish is moving on next month to lead a new state office tasked with improving highway construction efficiency. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Former state lawmaker and current BESE member Paul Hollis has been nominated by President Trump to run the U-S Mint, which makes the nation’s coins. The U-S Senate will have to confirm his nomination. Hollis, who is from St. Tammany, is a coin collector and has been since his grandmother gave him a Peace Dollar from the Great Depression.