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Mayor breaks tie vote, Louisiana council trailer decision stands

Posted on May 14, 2013 at 1:27 pm

The Louisiana City Council decided to not interfere with a municipal court decision ordering the River of Life Church to come into city code compliance for a mobile home on its property at its Monday, May 13 meeting. City Attorney Robert Rapp and Mayor Tom Wallace said Judge Bruce McGuire’s order to comply by June 3 takes precedence in the matter and the council should not create a separation of

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  • Rotary Club receives Presidential Citation

    Posted on May 14, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    Rotary president, Jenna Loveless, left, was presented with the Presidential Citation by Assistant Governor, Kim Stevens, right

    The Louisiana Rotary Club was presented with the Presidential Citation by Assistant Governor Kim Stevens at its regular weekly lunch meeting. Stevens, representing District 6060, presented the citation to President Jenna Loveless on behalf of the district. The certificate can be earned by a club who meets criteria throughout the year with regard to community participation, civic acts, membership growth and retention, and participation at the district and international levels

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  • Clopton basketball coach out, new football coach hired

    Posted on May 14, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    Recent school board actions have left Clopton High School without a boys basketball coach. However, a new football coach has been hired and a returning all-state player will become the assistant girls basketball coach. In an move unrelated to the school’s sports programs, a separation agreement has been reached with Krista Flowers Luebrecht, the former director of the district’s Pike-Lincoln Technical Center. The moves occurred at the Tuesday, May 7

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  • Two new Louisiana council members want to form citizens flood committee

    Posted on May 7, 2013 at 2:53 pm

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    Saying they are acting as private citizens, two new Louisiana City Council members are seeking to form a citizens flood committee independent of city government. “Though both Bart Niedner and Sal Pollice are on the Louisiana City Council, this is not a communication from Louisiana city government,” the pair said in a press release issued Wednesday, May 1. “There are good reasons why the city of Louisiana’s local government is

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  • NECAC to host public hearing on 11-county housing rent-assistance plan

    Posted on May 7, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    NECAC

    The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) will host a public hearing on its annual plan for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded Section 8 Housing Rent-Assistance Program for residents of 11 counties. The affected counties are Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Randolph, Shelby and Warren. The hearing is at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, at the agency’s community services department building

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  • Lakeway Publishers expanding into Florida with recent acquisition

    Posted on May 7, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    Lakeway Publishers

    Lakeway Publishers, Inc., owner of the Louisiana Press-Journal, announced last Wednesday the acquisition of a group of newspapers and shoppers in Central Florida and the creation of Lakeway Publishers of Florida, Inc. The new Lakeway Publishers group will be comprised of newspapers formerly owned and operated by Sun Publications of Florida, Inc., a division of Independent Publications, Inc. Publications involved are the Osceola News-Gazette in Kissimmee, Clermont News Leader, Four

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  • Shanks Conservation area undergoing major renovation

    Posted on May 7, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    Shanks Conservation area

    People who utilize the Ted Shanks Conservation Area to hunt or just to see thousands of wild birds may not know the 6,705- acre facility north of Louisiana is in the middle of a major restoration project. Now in its second year, the habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project is designed to more efficiently flow water through the lands along the Mississippi and Salt rivers to allow former trees and habitat

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  • Mobile home controversy reignites in Louisiana

    Posted on May 7, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    Bob Shepard walks in front of the historic Stark Cabin at the west end of Louisiana with his mobile home in the background. The city’s Board of Adjustment contends the mobile home detracts from the Stark Bro’s property the cabin sits on.

    Controversy over a mobile home at the west end of Louisiana that some say spoils the view of the historic Stark Cabin was renewed last week. An application from mobile home occupants Bob and Sharon Shepard for a special use exception was tabled by the city’s Board of Adjustment on Wednesday, May 1. The board pointed out the dwelling was illegal,  the subject of 10 city ordinance violations and under

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  • Two from Bowling Green injured in crash

    Posted on May 7, 2013 at 8:42 am

    Marie Leverenz, 77, and Charles Cox, 82, both of Bowling Green, were injured in a Hwy. 61 crash at Pike County Road 308 at 4:20 p.m. on Monday, May 6. Full details will be in the May 8 print edition of the Louisiana Press-Journal.

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