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5 days ago
- Business
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St. Charles Parish park to receive $500K for upgrades
ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A more than $250,000 upgrade is coming to St. Charles Parish's New Sarpy Park. The park, located at 762 ES Johnson St., will be upgraded with a new playground set, fencing, backstop and pavilion over the basketball court. Design work for these improvements is currently underway. Beat the heat at these Greater New Orleans pools, splash pads and spray parks According to St. Charles Parish Parks and Recreation, the $250,000 donation comes from Valero. The Department of Parks and Recreation plans to match Valero's donation amount, bringing the total project funding to $500,000. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2026 and is anticipated to be completed later that year. 'Partnerships like this are essential to helping us enhance the quality of life for our residents,' said St. Charles Parish Parks and Recreation Director Duane Foret. 'Valero's support allows us to move forward with improvements that will benefit families in New Sarpy for generations to come. We're excited to bring this upgraded park to life and provide a space the community can be proud of.'New Orleans' Jones Academy hosts Color Run to benefit students Lane of Bonnet Carré Spillway closed after overnight commercial vehicle trailer fire From racetrack to ballpark: Bristol's MLB transformation shifts into high gear Best New Car Warranties in 2025 Heat advisory issued for Wednesday until 7 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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5 days ago
- Business
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Habitat for Humanity building new homes starting at $175,000
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Habitat for Humanity is building a new middle-class neighborhood with affordable housing on an abandoned golf course in Terrytown. 'Rising Oaks is our newest 150 home development that was a golf course that sat dormant for decades. So, it is changing something that was vacant and empty into 150 homes for working families,' said Alix Aucoin, New Orleans Habitat for Humanity director of development. Two single moms part of Habitat For Humanity get $100 Winn Dixie gift cards No longer Plantation Estates Golf Course in Terrytown. Now off Behrman Highway, Habitat for Humanity is developing this new neighborhood. Rising Oaks is a new affordable housing community where up to four-bedroom homes are being sold, and they range in price from $175,000 to $275,000. 'We're really targeting that working family who have been priced out of traditional mortgages, and the families that also don't qualify for government subsidies,' Aucoin said. 'This is for our first responders, firefighters, police officers, teachers, our service industry and nurses.' New Orleans Habitat for Humanity wins climate resiliency award Aucoin said that all these new homes are built in the mid-century modern style. 'You'll notice the ceilings are vaulted to give it that bigger feel,' Aucoin said. Habitat for Humanity said it will also be building a FitLot, fitness trails, playgrounds and a butterfly garden to add to the community feel of the new neighborhood. Aucoin said all the homes in the neighborhood are being built to be hurricane-resilient. 'They have impact resistant doors and windows,' Aucoin said. 'They are fortified gold homes. The slabs are built on pilings, and they are built with insulation that will withstand the next storm.' Typically, volunteers build the homes for Habitat for Humanity, but these homes are being built by contractors and construction workers. If you'd like to apply for one of these homes, visit the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity website for more information. The homes will be completed by Orleans' Jones Academy hosts Color Run to benefit students Lane of Bonnet Carré Spillway closed after overnight commercial vehicle trailer fire From racetrack to ballpark: Bristol's MLB transformation shifts into high gear Best New Car Warranties in 2025 Heat advisory issued for Wednesday until 7 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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5 days ago
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Lane of Bonnet Carré Spillway closed after overnight commercial vehicle trailer fire
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A lane on the Bonnet Carré Spillway has been closed following an overnight vehicle fire. St. Charles Parish park to receive $500K for upgrades According to the Louisiana State Police the closure impacts the right lane of Interstate 10 East at Milepost 218. LSP officials said, the trailer's recovery will 'take an extended time.' Drivers are being advised to find alternate routes, including US 61, until the lane Orleans' Jones Academy hosts Color Run to benefit students Lane of Bonnet Carré Spillway closed after overnight commercial vehicle trailer fire From racetrack to ballpark: Bristol's MLB transformation shifts into high gear Best New Car Warranties in 2025 Heat advisory issued for Wednesday until 7 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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5 days ago
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Woman fights off alligator to save dog in New Orleans' City Park
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A New Orleans woman is speaking out after she says her dog was violently attacked by an alligator during a walk in City Park. Katharine Hurley says she and her dog, Mina, were walking near Scout Island, a spot they've visited countless times when Mina dipped her head near the water and was immediately grabbed by an alligator. 'Within about one second of her putting her head down for two feet in the water, all I saw were huge jaws coming up out of the water, and they grabbed her,' Hurley said. She says she fought off the gator by kicking it repeatedly until it let go. Mina survived but needed emergency vet care. Hurley herself ended up with a hairline fracture in her leg. Habitat for Humanity building new homes starting at $175,000 Despite the known presence of alligators in City Park, Hurley says there were no warning signs posted in the area, and that she had never heard of an attack happening there before. 'I've never once seen a sign that indicated that there were alligators or dangerous alligators or aggressive alligators,' Hurley said. 'Everybody I had talked to said it's never been a problem.' After contacting City Park, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the New Orleans Police Department, Hurley says she found out another dog had been killed in a previous alligator attack in City Park. Still, no signs were ever posted along the trails. 'If that had been a child putting their two feet in the water, dragging a kayak in, which I've seen people do, and that alligator came up, there's going to be an accident,' Hurley said. Hurley says she put up her own warning signs following the attack. But within just a few days, those signs were taken down. She's now calling on park officials to install permanent signage in areas where attacks or sightings have been reported before something worse happens. 'This was bad and traumatizing,' Hurley said. 'But there's something worse that's going to happen, I think.' WGNO reached out to City Park officials for comment but has not yet received a Orleans' Jones Academy hosts Color Run to benefit students Lane of Bonnet Carré Spillway closed after overnight commercial vehicle trailer fire From racetrack to ballpark: Bristol's MLB transformation shifts into high gear Best New Car Warranties in 2025 Heat advisory issued for Wednesday until 7 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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01-06-2025
- General
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West Vigo Community Center hosts annual color run in support mental health awareness
WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – The West Vigo Community Center held their annual Color Run to kick off summer break for the kids. Nearly 30 kids participated in the half-mile long race filled with many color stations that included color powder, paint, and even slime. With the month of May being Mental Health Awareness month, the community center wanted to shed a light on mental health by having the run on the last day of the month, and to serve as a reminder for the kids there is always someone to talk to. 'The center is always here,' said David Elkins, the President of West Vigo Community Center. 'Just talk to somebody, if you have any problems. It's not good to have and keep everything inside. If they need anything or anybody to talk to the center is always here.' All of the proceeds from the event go to directly back into supporting the West Vigo Community Center. The center plans to host another color run event in the fall. Also, the West Vigo Community Center is hosting their golf scramble on June 27th. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
