Morganza News

Pointe Coupee Parish voters wishing to get a head start on voting in the Oct. 17 elections can start balloting today.

Sandra and Billy Guidry show off Dawson Hall, the home they moved from Morganza to Slaughter.

RE: "Levee plan questioned," The Advocate, Page 1, Aug. 31 The Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection System is Terrebonne Parish's best hope for survival in its war against the Gulf of Mexico.

Frustration and less-than-kind words were expressed at two state coastal restoration and protection meetings recently because of a letter sent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that raised questions about construction-related permits for at least two portions of a long-awaited, massive levee system in Terrebonne Parish.

Eight days ago, a pair of pit bull-mix terriers attacked Leonard Garrett, 70 and his wife, Beulah, 75, in the front yard of their Metairie home, viciously snapping and chewing on their hands and arms.

Ten Acadiana residents graduated from Our Lady of the Lake College in Baton Rouge last month.

Advance Baton Rouge announced Wednesday it hired five new principals to run the nonprofit's charter schools for the 2009-10 school year.

The father of a Morganza child mauled to death by boxers asked lawmakers Tuesday to crack down on dog owners.

Pointe Coupee Central High School Principal Harry D. Wright announced his resignation from the charter school Thursday after one year on the job, an Advance Baton Rouge board member confirmed Friday.

The prosecutor in a deadly dog-attack case told the family of the 4-year-old victim that legislation approved by a House committee Wednesday would have ensured a conviction of the animals' owner.

The family of a four year-old dog mauling victim says they've found justice for their son.

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., says the Army Corps of Engineers has received about $162 million from the Recovery Act, the national economic stimulus bill to spend on Louisiana projects.

The case of a deadly dog mauling in Morganza is officially closed. After hours of testimony, and a trip to Morganza, the grand jury decided not to indict the owners of the three boxers.

Two fatal crashes occurred last night in the Troop A area in a forty-minute period.

Sen. Mary Landrieu says the Army Corps of Engineers has received about $162 million from the Recovery Act, the national economic stimulus bill, to spend on Louisiana projects.

A federal regulatory agency is holding meetings in seven cities, including Baton Rouge, on a plan to harness the flow of the Mississippi River to generate electricity from St.

A K9 handler for the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office is on leave after a deadly dog attack in Morganza.

A 4-year-old Mansfield boy is recovering from facial injuries he received when a male pit bull mauled him Friday night.

Investigators have not yet determined whether the owner of the dogs that fatally mauled a 4-year-old boy, or her fianc, a Pointe Coupee Parish sheriff's deputy, let the three boxers out of their kennels before the attack, Sheriff Beauregard "Bud" Torres said at a news conference today.

Three dogs killed a 4-year-old boy who was playing in his own yard on Friday, and deputies were still investigating the matter Saturday, a Pointe Coupee Parish sheriff's spokesman said.