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May 6, 2021 The Caddo Parish Commission on Thursday introduced an ordinance that would provide “essential” Caddo Parish employees with supplemental pay and approved a $1 million appropriation. Key Action: A $1 million appropriation was approved to rebuild a building destroyed by Hurricane Laura. The building housed the Adult Drug Court program and Veteran Affairs. TBA, a local firm, has been hired and the new building has been designed, according to the ordinance. The Caddo Parish Commissi...

THE FLATS – For the 14 th time in the history of the competition, Georgia Tech has a representative on the United States team for the 48th Walker Cup Match, which will be contested Saturday and Sunday at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla. Tyler Strafaci, a 2020 graduate of the Institute begins competition in the biennial competition with his team Saturday at the legendary golf club just a few miles from his hometown of Davie, Fla. The 10 th Georgia Tech alumnus or student-athlete to compe...

pandemic, and now as vaccines become more widely available, we are reporting on how our local schools, businesses and communities are returning to a more "normal" future. Theres never been more of a need for the kind of local, independent and unbiased journalism that The Day produces. Please support our work by subscribing today. Greta Van Fleet wanted new music fit to be the score of a fantastic film From left, Danny Wagner, Josh Kiszka, Jake Kiszka and Sam Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet attend ...

The shimmering swirl of a Hammond B3 organ, a sound straight from the gospel church, opens Greta Van Fleet’s new album like a statement: We’ve got something a little different in mind this time. “The Battle of Garden’s Gate,” released Friday, is the spiritually tinged, Technicolor-toned second album from a young hard rock band that says it wanted to capture the personal growth and worldly experiences that accompanied the group’s international rise. “We went in...

The shimmering swirl of a Hammond B3 organ, a sound straight from the gospel church, opens Greta Van Fleet’s new album like a statement: We’ve got something a little different in mind this time. “The Battle of Garden’s Gate,” released Friday, is the spiritually tinged, Technicolor-toned second album from a young hard-rock band that says it wanted to capture the personal growth and worldly experiences that accompanied the group’s international rise. “We went into this hoping to ma...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.12.21 Good Friday morning. According to a new poll released by Ryan Tyson of The Tyson Group, Florida voters support several measures pitched as improving election security and voter access. The poll, commissioned by nonpartisan nonprofit Secure Democracy, found more than three-quarters of Floridians want ballot drop boxes to be monitored either in-person or by video. The proposal earned 77% among the 600 voters po...

Better than most? One putt on the 17th that actually was By DOUG FERGUSONMarch 9, 2021 GMT PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The moment stands out as among the most famous at The Players Championship. Twenty years ago this week, Tiger Woods made a 60-foot birdie putt from the back of the island green on the par-3 17th to a front pin in the third round. Woods went on to win on Monday, and then two weeks later won the Masters to hold all four majors at the same time. The video, replayed endlessly...

Q&A: Wingo on his PGA TOUR LIVE debut   Trey Wingo will make his PGA TOUR LIVE debut at the Farmers Insurance Open. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images) Trey Wingo, a 23-year veteran of ESPN whose contract ended in November, will make his PGA TOUR LIVE debut as he calls the Farmers Insurance Open at San Diego.  While he is more closely linked to the NFL, Wingo is no stranger to golf, having covered the U.S. Open and The Open Championship for ESPN. We caught up to him to t...

Top 10 most read stories of 2020 What were you reading in 2020? According to the metrics, it was a diverse lineup of stories that was by turns predictable (two of the top three stories featured Tiger Woods) and unpredictable (a feature about Rory McIlroy’s reading habits). There was triumph (the astounding comeback of Brendon Todd, among others) and tragedy (the courage of Camilo Villegas, wife Maria, and their foundation Mia’s Miracles). Here are the 10 most read stories of the year on PGA...

going. sam will be signing books immediately after this presentation and copies of his books are on sale at the politics and prose tent. sam kean is author of two books about science, the disappearing spoon and the violent, his books are not only about the technicalities of science but also the people and culture of the science of the world. in his latest book the violence -- "the violinists thumb: and other lost tales of love, war, and genius, as written by our genetic code" he has...