Convent News

Murdock Richard Jr., a leading real estate broker who specialized in West Bank properties through the company that bore his name, died Friday in Dallas, where he had moved after Hurricane Katrina, his family ...

Murdock Richard Jr., a leading real estate broker who specialized in West Bank properties through the company that bore his name, died Friday in Dallas, where he had moved after Hurricane Katrina, his family ...

The Port of South Louisiana plans to expropriate 1,400 feet of Mississippi River batture that it says is needed to build a 700-foot pier extension off its Globalplex dock in Reserve.

Staff Reporter CONVENT To the causal observer, Convent, La., and Brazil's eastern seaboard may seem an unlikely association.

Eric Poche's fingernails were already crusted with dirt and his brow beaded with sweat before noon on a recent workday, after a morning tending the 735 acres of sugarcane he grows in Convent.

For more than a year, the Upper 9th Ward Farmers Market has been setting up every Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of Holy Angels Convent on St.

Nucor Corporation has applied for the necessary permits to build a steel mill in St. via WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Steelmaker Nucor Corporation has chosen a tract in southeastern Louisiana as the only possible U.S. site for a $2 billion iron-making plant that would create 500 jobs. via KSLA-TV Shreveport

Gregory Nicholas of Convent has been convicted of attacking a man who had testified in court against him. via KATC-TV Lafayette

“These are big stories, not afraid to venture into ruined cities and ruined hearts, stories where jazz music plays from crypts, stories bold to tackle big themes with perfect detail.”

Posted by Teena L Myers / NOLA Blogger April 14, 2008 9:29AM Categories: Events FAULKENER SOCIETY RELEASE: Co-sponsored by the Parish of St. via Times-Picayune

“People of color and low-income populations are disproportionately impacted by pollution”

"Environmental justice" is often used to benchmark corporate social responsibility. via The Post Chronicle

“For 23 years we have provided a high level of service, and this step takes us into the future.”

American River Transportation Company and St. James Stevedoring Company LLC announced on Jan. via Milling Journal

Pam Harmon, Bal Masque Mardi Gras Pageant chairman for the Opelousas Garden Club, announced Michael Purser, administrator/CEO of Marianites of Holy Cross, will rule as King Orme LXII in the 62nd annual Bal ... via Daily World

“We realize that everybody can't be here on Christmas Eve, so the goal is give people more time to come and visit”

Posted by The Times-Picayune November 23, 2007 2:41PM For many in the New Orleans area, the day after Thanksgiving means lining up outside of a store. via NOLA.com

Posted by Theodore P. Mahne, Contributing writer November 17, 2007 1:38PM Categories: Entertainment The New Orleans Opera Association's radiant production of Puccini's "Il Trittico," re-set in New Orleans in ... via Times-Picayune