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updated: Thu Jul 17, 2008 08:05 pm

Louisiana News

Local news for Louisiana, MO continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | US Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Awards More Than $21 Million to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $21,375,446 to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to implement a project to restore and protect Louisiana's coastal wetlands.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

Thursday | The Daily Advertiser

Midwest floods will make a bigger Gulf dead zone

Record flooding in the American Midwest will likely bring a record 'dead zone' to the Gulf of Mexico this summer, according to a new report.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

NBC Channel 11

Gulf Coast Dead Zone Could Be Largest Ever

Scientists said Wednesday that the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast is likely to be the largest since they began keeping records in 1985.

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Related Topix: Louisiana College, Louisiana State University System

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Science Daily

NOAA Predicts Largest Gulf Of Mexico 'Dead Zone' On Record

The researchers are predicting the area could measure a record 8,800 square miles, or roughly the size of New Jersey.

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Related Topix: New Jersey Institute of Technology, The College of New Jersey

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Suntimes News

MSHP reports arrests

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. Arrested were: 24-year-old Amy Pohlman of Oak Ridge at 2:20 a.m. Sunday in Cape Girardeau County for driving while intoxicated and ...

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Related Topix: Oak Ridge, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perryville, MO

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Bowling Green Times

Clothing added to - recycling' mix

Clothing added to 'recycling' mix Pike County's premier recycling center, the Pike Shop, quietly operates south of town.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

KHQA-TV Quincy

Louisiana families recovering from flood fight

Friday, July 11, 2008 at 6:15 p.m. Like many areas in the Tri-States, residents in Louisiana, Missouri are focused on clean-up and recovery.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood

Thu Jul 10, 2008

WAPT.com

Scientists Investigate Gulf's Dead Zone

The boat headed out in the dark of night from Chauvin, Louisiana. Overnight Captain Craig Lebeof steered the Research vessel pelican towards a series of water testing locations about 45 miles off the Louisiana ...

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KATC-TV Lafayette

Dead zone work wins $50,000 prize for Rabalais

The head of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium will receive $50,000 and a gold medal for her research about the dead zone that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Related Topix: Science, Oceanography

Wed Jul 09, 2008

KHQA-TV Quincy

Pike County looking for cemetery vandals

Criminals vandalized fifteen burial stones in Pike County over the weekend. It happened at the Buffalo Jordan Cemetary just south of Louisiana, Missouri.

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Mon Jul 07, 2008

KOMU-TV Columbia

Flooding with Pride

The flood ravaged areas of northwest Missouri are not letting recent events ruin the Fourth of July holiday.

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Related Topix: Clarksville, MO

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Saint Louis Front Page

Watch for 'Storm Chaser' Scams During Flood Preparation and Recovery

Gov. Blunt Enacts Law to Improve Emergency Response ST. CHARLES, MO, , June 22, 2008 - Gov.

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Related Topix: Clarksville, MO, St. Charles, MO, Jefferson City, MO, Missouri

Thu Jul 03, 2008

WMC-TV Memphis

La. brown shrimp season cut short

State wildlife and fisheries agents have closed waters to shrimping in the state's eastern- and western-most bays and lakes, bringing to an end a short season for many shrimpers.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

Southeast Missourian

With flood receding, bridges, locks reopening

Transportation is beginning to ease both over the Mississippi River and on it now that floodwaters are receding at a rapid pace.

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Related Topix: Foley, MO, Winfield, MO

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Free Republic

Increased Corn Acreage Blamed For Enlargement Of [Marine Life] Dead Zone In Mississippi

The marine dead zone resulting from the Midwest flooding is expected to expand to over 10,000 square miles, according to researchers from the Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Hannibal, MO

Sat Jun 28, 2008

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Laurel Canyon has a hold on mystery writer Crais

Laurel Canyon has exercised its magnetic pull on Robert Crais. Again. Crais, the best-selling mystery author, has never himself lived in the canyon of legendary music and failed hopes.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television

KansasCity.com

Another sandbag barrier fails at Winfield, Mo.

A makeshift sandbag levee holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday and authorities said part of the town was evacuated.Water began flowing under the 4-foot-high barrier around 4:30 a.m. An alarm ...

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Related Topix: Lincoln County, MO, Jefferson City, MO, Foley, MO, Clarksville, MO, Winfield, MO

Fri Jun 27, 2008

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Floods seen yielding record Gulf 'dead zone'

Scientists predict floodwaters that decimated river cities in the Midwest also will whack the Gulf of Mexico, pushing the so-called dead zone to a record size.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Washington Post

Midwest Flooding May Cause More Levee Overflows

A streed is flooded s in Louisiana, Mo, on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. About 40 square blocks of the city are under water.

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

Journal Gazette

Forecaster: End is near to Mississippi River rise

The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded towns and those protected by levees and sandbags can see an ending: The river is cresting.

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Related Topix: Elsberry, MO, Canton, MO

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