Governor Jeff Landry has proclaimed today as Hurricane Rita Remembrance Day. Rita made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border on this day bringing powerful storm surge that devasted Cameron and Vermilion Parishes. Former Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach says the Category Three storm also destroyed homes and businesses…
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Retired Major General John Basilica was the commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s storm operations and says like with Katrina, they had to perform search and rescue operations, but thankfully more assistance was available.
Basilica says it was not until February 2006 until the National Guard restored all authority and responsibility back to civilian authorities.
Pope Leo the 14th appoints a new archbishop of the New Orleans diocese. He has tapped James Checchio (CHETCH-ee-oh), the bishop of Metuchen (meh-TOOTCH-in), New Jersey, to succeed Gregory Aymond when he retires on November 12th. Checchio says he will put his leadership skills to good use in his new role.
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Checchio says he will play an integral role in helping the Archdiocese recover from the bankruptcy brought on by the proposed 230-million-dollar settlement from the sex abuse scandal.
LSU and the other 15 schools in the SEC know which teams they’ll play during their nine-game conference schedule for the next four seasons. Under this new format, each school will play every school at least twice over a four-year period. Tiger Rag Editor Glen Guilbeau believes the format is good for the players and the fans…
Texas is set to play in Tiger Stadium next season for the first time since 1953.