A long-awaited economic development authority is getting off the ground following the official appointment of its board of directors on May 22.

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Five of the ten escaped inmates have been recaptured. Meanwhile, authorities have arrested a Slidell woman accused of helping one of the fugitives. Connie Weeden, 59, was taken into custody in Slidell ...

The Philander Smith University board of trustees appointed Dr. Maurice D. Gipson as the institution’s 15th President and ...