Nicholls State University News

The weekend will be packed with Christmas cheer, as December kicks off with a number of holiday parades in Terrebonne and Lafourche.

Christmas music performed by the Thibodaux Elementary choir filled the cool winter air as 22 children from 11 schools decorated red-and-green ornaments Thursday afternoon outside City Hall.

A judge has ordered three years probation for a black man who posed as a white supremacist upset by President Barack Obama's election and sent racist death threats to black college students.

A 32-year-old apartment complex manager pocketed $62,000 from tenants paying rent in cash, authorities said.

Tinsley Smith glanced at the cake commemorating his 24th birthday that sat on his parents' kitchen table Sunday and made a choice.

Students at Nicholls State University want you to think carefully about throwing trash in the water.

Ashly Ann Richmond and Bradley James Lambert exchanged wedding vows on November 21, 2009 during a ceremony held at Rip Van Winkle Gardens.

Nicholls State University officials announced today that head football coach Jay Thomas will be released from his duties effective November 27.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:40 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:40 a.m. For those of you that like high-class cuisine, a local fundraiser this week may be able to fill your taste buds.

The federal government has awarded Nicholls State University a $1.9 million federal contract to research clean energy over the next three years.

Two young computer whizzes from politically connected families hook up early in their careers.

A group of local men will unite in one voice at a free concert tonight at Nicholls State University.

Thousands of Terrebonne and Lafourche parish school children and college students will honor local veterans Wednesday in conjunction with Veterans Day.

Tropical Storm Ida appeared bound for Alabama this morning, but local officials were keeping a wary eye on the late-season system and the 3 to 5 inches of rain it was projected to dump on Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.

The Lafourche Parish branch of the NAACP held its first Freedom Fund banquet in 15 years Saturday night.

The schedule has changed several times now, and the suddenness of the event took even the people at St.

Play a round at the gambling table. If you win, you can keep what you make. If you lose, the federal government will give you the money to play again.

Due chiefly to the recent death of Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy, the official list of America's longest-serving senators had to be slightly reshuffled last week, but it still includes a choice spot for one of Terrebonne Parish's best-known native sons.

It's supposed to be "A Streetcar Named Desire" but for the cast of a Nicholls State University production of the play, it's become "A Streetcar Named Disaster." Nicholls was to present the Tennessee Williams play recently.

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. reports the appointment of Chris Henry as Director of Information Technology.