House destroyed by alleged arson.
A Centerville man set a house on fire following a dispute with his landlord, St. Mary Parish sheriff’s deputies reported.
Michael Blanchard Sr., 45, of 123 Palmer Lane, was charged at 6:22 a.m. Tuesday with simple arson.
Twelve new members of the 4-H Hall of Fame were installed May 10 at the Louisiana 4-H Museum in Mansura. The inductees are, left to right, front row, Madge Borne of Jefferson Parish, Randy Stutes of Vermilion Parish, Carolyn Lang of Winn Parish, James "Jake" Abadie of Iberia Parish, Terril Faul, State 4-H Office; Pete Miranda of Iberville Parish; back row, l-r, Sue Butler of Concordia Parish, Karen Broussard of Vermilion Parish for her late husband Johnny Broussard; Ann Langlinais of Vermilion Parish, Lynn Farrar of Caddo Parish, Judia Lacombe of Acadia Parish and Sandra Brumley of Caddo Parish. (Photo by Bruce Schultz)
A dozen individuals were honored on May 10 for their work with youth as the newest inductees into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame.
Akanksha Kanitkar, left, an LSU engineering science graduate student, and Giovanna Aita, an LSU AgCenter associate professor, are studying how to use sugar industry byproducts to create biodegradable scaffolds for use in tissue engineering. The study is being conducted at the LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute in St. Gabriel. (Photo by A. Denise Attaway)
By using byproducts of the sugar industry, an LSU engineering science graduate student is working to provide biodegradable scaffolds for use in tissue engineering.
Earle
LSU has named Jonathan Earle as the new dean of the Honors College. Earle is the director of the University Honors Program at the University of Kansas and has also served as associate director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. He will begin as dean on Aug.
Stelly
Deputies with the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested former Delcambre billing clerk Lela Gayle Stelly Monday for her alleged connection to funds missing from the town.
Stelly is charged with stealing at least $35,000.
