Delta NewsLocal news for Delta, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Burned bakery to be recognized for 25 years of service in Lake Providence- March 30, 2008 The Ole Dutch Bakery Co. began serving on March 15, 1983, and would have celebrated 25 years on that date this year. via News-Starhttp://www.topix.net/city/delta-la/2008/03/burned-bakery-to-be-recognized-for-25-years-of-... UNO coastal scientest Penland found dead Tuesday- March 28, 2008 Dr. Patrick S. "Shea" Penland, one of Louisiana's leading coastal scientists and director of The University of New Orleans Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, was found dead Tuesday. via WWL-TV New Orleanshttp://www.topix.net/city/delta-la/2008/03/uno-coastal-scientest-penland-found-dead-tuesda... 'Mudbound' author to hold book signing- March 26, 2008 "This is storytelling at the height of its powers: the ache of wrongs not yet made right, the fierce attendance of history made as real as rain, as true as this minute" Hillary Jordan will read from her debut novel 'Mudbound' at 5 p.m. today at Windows a bookshop, 609 Park Ave., Monroe. via News-Starhttp://www.topix.net/city/delta-la/2008/03/mudbound-author-to-hold-book-signing?fromrss=1 Louisiana names first sites on its African-American trail- March 16, 2008 "It makes us proud, but it's not about pride totally. It's also about the economy." NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana tourism officials have unveiled the first 26 sites on an African American Heritage Trail running from New Orleans to northern Louisiana. via Detroit Free Presshttp://www.topix.net/city/delta-la/2008/03/louisiana-names-first-sites-on-its-african-amer... |