NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Mississippi has named Russell Bennett as its director, government affairs to lead the company's government and legislative affairs activities, effective September 10. He has more than a decade of experience with the company. "Russell is extremely knowledgeable about the utility industry and the needs of our customers," said Haley Fisackerly, president and CEO of Entergy Mississippi. "He has represented the co  more

BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- Bossier Parish Community College issued the following news release: Bossier Parish Community College recently received the CLEP(R) Honors Military Achievement award for being a Top 20 CLEP Military Test Center. BPCC Testing Center Director Cheryl Wieser accepted the award at the CLEP Honors reception held in Las Vegas last month. The award recognizes BPCC for administering the highest CLEP exam volumes during the 2022-2023 school year. The CLEP Honors Award   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Last Friday, the Louisiana Ethics Board found that Jeff Landry again violated state ethics law, charging him for failing to report a free ride on a private jet belonging to one of his campaign donors. Jeff Landry is no stranger to flying private with his donors, and his most recent ethics violation is just another example of the corrupt ways that Landry is using his campaign to benefit himself, while skirting  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana and Monarch Energy, a company known for its green hydrogen and electro-fuels projects, have signed a memorandum of understanding to help advance the energy infrastructure in South Louisiana. As part of the agreement, Entergy Louisiana will work with Monarch Energy to leverage existing transmission infrastructure and/or construct new generation resources to supply long-term renewable power to Monarch'  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 9 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Texas successfully installed a new substation that will help improve reliability and support the growing electricity needs in Liberty County. The new Colony substation improves reliability in Dayton, Texas, and will support the expected commercial development along the Grand Parkway area. "Our customers depend on us to deliver affordable and reliable service to help power their daily lives," said Melanie Tayl  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that Chantel Wonder has joined the firm's Financial Services Litigation practice group in Florida as Of Counsel. Resident in Tampa, Chantel is one of 33 attorneys McGlinchey has brought on in 2023 as part of a focused hiring effort to expand its highly integrated team of best-in-class attorneys. "We are pleased to welcome Chantel to our dynamic legal  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Sept. 6 -- Grambling State University issued the following news: Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Piper D. Griffin will serve as keynote speaker as Grambling State University holds its Constitution Day Observation at 11 a.m. Sept. 19 at T.H. Harris Auditorium. The New Orleans native and resident graduated from Xavier University Preparatory School (currently known as St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School), the University of Notre Dame, and LSU's Paul M. Hebert   more

MANDEVILLE, Louisiana, Sept. 9 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2023: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards, alongside Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Eric Kalivoda and state and local officials, celebrated the completion of the first two segments of the $169.8 million project that expands and revitalizes the I-12 corridor through the Northshore. "I remember when we were here for the groundbreaking of this much-anticipa  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that Benjamin P. Lajoie has joined the firm's Enterprise Litigation and Investigations practice group as a Member (Partner) in Boston. Ben is one of 34 attorneys McGlinchey has brought on in 2023 as part of a focused hiring effort to expand its highly integrated team of best-in-class attorneys. "I chose to join McGlinchey because of its effective and  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, Sept. 9 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Rosemary "Toni" Wurster Chandler Turner, a 1964 graduate of Louisiana Tech's Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program, and her husband, Dr. William W. Turner, Jr., longtime surgeon and educator, have gifted $100,000 to grow the University's MLS Program in the School of Biological Sciences in Tech's College of Applied and Natural Sciences. Part of the gift is allocated to establish an endowed scholarship. The Tur  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month in the United States, as recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is at the forefront of researching treatments for obesity, diabetes and other obesity-related chronic diseases, and that is especially true for the work being done   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 6 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU has named Brandon Common the permanent Vice President for Student Affairs, effective September 1, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. Common began his career at LSU as Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students in December 2020, and has served as Interim Vice President for Student Affairs since January 2023. As Vice President for Student Affairs, Common will  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: LSU researchers have been awarded $500K by the National Science Foundation to build a shared data storage system to elevate the research experience not just at LSU, but at universities across Louisiana. The image of the professor or professional researcher trudging down the hall to their office carrying multiple hard drives under each arm is not unrealistic in today's data  more

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, Sept. 8 -- Louisiana State University Alexandria campus issued the following news: At the 2023 Opening of Court ceremony of the 9th Judicial District Court in Rapides Parish, the Alexandria Bar Association honored Beth Whittington, the Acting Dean of the College of Social Sciences at LSUA, with the Debbie Smith Award. This prestigious award, annually presented to a non-lawyer, celebrates individuals who have significantly contributed to promoting the understanding of the   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business is proud to announce the 2023 Hall of Distinction inductees--Kip Knight and Joaneane Smith. In addition, this year's Outstanding Young Alumni Award recipient is Jacques Bourque. The college will honor Knight, Smith, and Bourque at a banquet on Thursday, November 9, at the Business Education Complex. Kip Knight is the operating partner at Thomvest Ventures, a   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 9 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2023: Attorney General Jeff Landry delivered a major win to crime victims and their families with the Louisiana Supreme Court ruling today that pardons, acts of mercy and the power of clemency belong to the governor -- not district attorneys or the courts. "Crime is ravaging our State; and instead of doing more to increase public safety, some officials have been fueling the fire," sa  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: A $750,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation will help fund a collaborative humanities effort among the University of New Orleans' Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, The Neighborhood Story Project and the Justice Studies Ph.D. Program. The three-year grant comes through the Mellon Foundation's Higher Learning program, which aims to broaden understanding of American history and culture. "What'  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- Southwestern Electric Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Horatio, Arkansas, whose school mascot is a lion, received news to roar about. The town, located near the Little River in Sevier County, Arkansas, received a grant to create a safe space for children. The AEP Foundation, at the recommendation of SWEPCO, is donating $2,500 for program support of a city pocket park and kid safe space in the City of Horatio, AR. Th  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A new Tulane University study found that the extra pounds people put on during the COVID-19 pandemic also had an impact on the health of pregnant individuals and their babies in Louisiana. Pregnant individuals in the state on average weighed more during pregnancy compared to those who gave birth before the COVID-19 outbreak began, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Research  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: New research from Tulane University may shed light on how parasite strain diversity can impact Chagas disease progression and severity. Chagas, a lesser-known and studied tropical disease, is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, which are transmitted by kissing bugs. In the Americas, the disease affects 6 million people in 21 countries, with approximately 30,000 new cases each year. While most in  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: After a rigorous data collection and reporting process, the university's Supplemental Instruction program has met the requirements for accreditation by the International Center for Supplemental Instruction at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The accreditation is valid for three years, and the university joins just three other SEC schools -- Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University and  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Sept. 7 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Dr. Chad Parker is interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He replaces Dr. Jordan Kellman, whose tenure as dean of the College of Liberal Arts ended earlier this year. Parker joined UL Lafayette in 2008 as a faculty member in the college's Department of History, Geography, and Philosophy. He led the department from 2017 until being n  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 6 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of States, led by Louisiana, in sending a letter to the Deputy Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) over its Proposed Rule, Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair. The Attorneys General request that the Proposed Rule be withdrawn. The proposed rule is part of the Biden administration's o  more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, Sept. 7 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news: By A.J. Coyne, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Approximately 60 Soldiers assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conducted Joint Readiness Training Center rotation 23-8.05 July 6 to Aug. 6, 2023, at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Conducted in support of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the 529th was  more