Brandon Deshawn Johnson of Houma wanted in barroom shooting spree houmatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from houmatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport has delivered its latest cutter to the Coast Guard, officials said. The Glen Harris is the third of six Bollinger-built cutters destined for operations in Manama, Bahrain, to support U.S. interests in southwest Asia and the Middle East. It s the 167th vessel company has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 44th Fast Response Cutter completed under the current program, which started in 2008. Each cutter costs about $65 million, and the entire program will cost the Coast Guard more than $3.7 billion, federal records show. The cutters replace the 110-foot Island Class Patrol Boats, built by Bollinger 30 years ago.
Bollinger buys Gulf Island s Houma shipyard The two companies are among Houma-Thibodaux s largest employers. Bollinger officials said the purchase will expand the company s construction and repair capacity to better serve its key defense and commercial customers. Gulf Island said the sale of its shipyard and some of its long-term vessel construction contracts will bring in about $28.6 million. Gulf Island expects to net about $15 million after paying off liabilities associated with some of the shipbuilding contracts it will not complete as well as other expenses. “The addition of the new Houma shipyard further strengthens our position within the U.S. defense industrial base as a leading shipbuilder and vessel repair company,” Ben Bordelon, CEO and president of Bollinger Shipyards, said in a news release.
The Courier and Daily Comet The Coast Guard is scheduled to lead a news conference at 1 p.m. this afternoon on response efforts to the capsized oilfield boat about 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. Representatives of the National Transportation Safety Board and boat owner Seacor Marine are scheduled to speak as well. The conference follows the discovery of a crew member s body on Sunday, raising the confirmed death toll to five. Six people were rescued alive after the boat capsized Tuesday in a storm. Four other bodies have been found one Wednesday, one Thursday and two Friday.
Terrebonne teachers invited to free anti-litter workshop Teachers and others who work with children are invited to a free workshop that aims to encourage young people to reduce waster and litter. Rocksey’s Environmental Education program, sponsored by Keep Louisiana Beautiful, is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 1 at Terrebonne s Main Library, 151 Library Drive in Houma. Space is limited to the first 25 teachers who register at bit.ly/klbteacherworkshop or keeplouisianabeautiful.org. Billie Babin, Keep Terrebonne Beautiful’s executive director, will provide insight to litter-related issues in the parish and ways schools can be a part of the solution.
Here s how many Houma-Thibodaux residents have gotten their COVID vaccines and where you can get yours this week About 15% of Terrebonne and Lafourche s residents have completed their COVID-19 vaccines as Louisiana officials continue to expand the list of those who qualify. In Terrebonne, just over 17,000 of the parish s 110,000 residents are fully vaccinated, according to state data released Monday. About 7,300 others have received the first dose and are awaiting a second. In Lafourche, just over 15,000 of the parish s roughly 98,000 residents have completed the shots. About 6,800 others have received the first dose and are awaiting a second. Statewide, just over 834,000 people have completed the shots, about 18% of all residents. Just over 430,000 others have received one dose and are awaiting a second.
Louisiana fishermen and others in the industry will receive $12.5 million in federal aid to help offset financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It s part of a $255 million package approved by Congress in December as part of a larger COVID relief and budget bill. Our priority is to award these funds as quickly as possible using existing processes established under the CARES Act,” Paul Doremus, acting assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries, said in announcing the aid last week. It s the second round of money aimed at helping fishermen weather the downturn in business caused by the pandemic. Last year, Louisiana received $14.8 million from the CARES Act, which included about $300 million to aid the fishing industry throughout the U.S.
Blood drive to help Thibodaux girl with cancer houmatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from houmatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Louisiana wetlands could ease -- or worsen -- climate change. Curbing erosion could make the difference. houmatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from houmatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.