Anonymous sources
Daily Comet
Cuts threaten mentoring program for Houma youths - Daily Comet
The new Behavioral Health Partnership, administration officials said, will provide better services at a lower cost to state taxpayers. With the change in management, local officials said they are unsure what will happen to programs such as Le Cirque, ...
Obama to deliver commencement address in Joplin - Daily Comet
Obama will deliver remarks at the May 21 commencement, according a White House official, who requested anonymity in order to speak ahead of the formal announcement. The president last visited Joplin in May 2011, just days after the massive tornado hit.
Obama touts foreign policy to raise campaign cash - Daily Comet
But an administration official said the White House expects Congress to soon take up a measure ending some subsidies. The official requested anonymity to avoid speaking publicly without authorization. Criticized by Republicans for taking too much ...
HIV/AIDS infections rise slightly locally - Daily Comet
That's so only those who need to know about the diagnosis are notified, said the center's coordinator, who also asked to remain anonymous. While it's important for past partners to know about a person's HIV status, when others know it can affect that ...
Search for boy's body fails - Daily Comet
A law clerk at the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, who declined to give her name, said she could not discuss the case or have a reporter talk to a prosecutor unless charges are filed. The matter is being considered, the clerk said, and there is no ...
Some critical of outgoing sheriff's spending, management - Daily Comet
Bourgeois critics within the Sheriff's Office spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for their positions. Bourgeois' supporters, presuming an enmity between Bourgeois and Larpenter that both men say does not exist, also wished to remain anonymous ...
Local building inspectors, state unable to solve issue - Daily Comet
One local residential contractor, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid a work conflict, said local builders know the reputation of independent inspectors and use them because they are more lenient than South Central's inspectors. ...
Is oil spill responsible for illness? - Daily Comet
Another offshore worker in his mid-50s from Houma, who asked not to be identified, said he had worked on a specialized cleanup crew at the Deepwater Horizon site from June to October. He started to have minor symptoms, nausea, memory lapses, ...
Body found facedown in Gibson canal - Daily Comet
A family member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Lutcher had a 4-month-old baby with the same name. She said Lutcher was a good father to his child, the family member said. "No one deserves to die at such a young age," said the family ...
A year later, what's changed for oil and gas? - Daily Comet
An offshore pipefitter and superintendent who asked not to be named said changing attitudes and actions may be most difficult. Lenient inspectors who in the past failed to ask hard questions are some of the same people in charge of implementing the new ...
High school says no dress, no prom - Daily Comet
One senior, who asked that her name not be used because of potential problems with school administrators, said she and others plan to wait before entering the prom to see if Verdin gets in. If she is denied entrance, the girl said, she and her friends ...
Properties making way to new owners - Daily Comet
Another local developer, who asked not to be identified, questioned whether low-to-moderate income borrowers would even be able to qualify for a mortgage loan to get them into the house, and whether sky-high insurance rates could make even affordable ...
Meth poses challenge for local law enforcement - Daily Comet
“It's kind of like an aphrodisiac,” said a local man who has struggled with drug addiction in the past but spoke on condition of anonymity. “For people who are not on that, sex lasts about 20 minutes, maybe an hour. With this thing, you really can go ...
Corps' 2012 budget may leave out Morganza - Daily Comet
Mary Landrieu, D-La., who spoke on background. Attempts to control the growing deficit have brought calls to end earmarks in Congress, and the aide said that could have serious consequences for dredging, flood control and coastal-restoration projects ...
What is the value of a human life? - Daily Comet
That guidance remains in effect, although the office has more recently warned agencies that it would be difficult to justify the use of numbers lower than $5 million, two administration officials said. Close observers of the process point to two ...
Reality TV? Not really, the capital says - Daily Comet
... lacking authority to discuss it, did not want to be identified. “We're not dealing with socialites. We're not dealing with society people. ...
Early release for jailed ex-governor? - Daily Comet
Other sources close to Edwards' family say a halfway house could be in the former governor's future, although he is lobbying for home confinement. ...
In family court, a reckoning for Gibson's erratic career - Daily Comet
... with Gibson in May, according to people who were briefed on the case but did not want to be identified because of the sensitivity of the proceedings. ...
Slaying suspect charged - Daily Comet
One neighbor, who asked not to be named, said Washington went to Raceland Middle School but didn't know if he graduated from high school. ...
Claims chief is ready to take your questions - Daily Comet
“The people will have to take what's offered because they can't afford to do anything else,” said one processor who asked not to be identified for fear that ...
Mexican workers for TDOT contractor claim abuse - Daily Comet
A person who answered the phone at the company on Thursday said he would not comment on the allegations and refused to give his name. ...
Oil spill's threat to fowl not always obvious - Daily Comet
A state worker who has been involved with Louisiana's bird rescue program, but asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak on behalf of the ...
Police bust alleged crack house in Raceland - Daily Comet
The man asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation from the suspects. Staff Writer Raymond Legendre can be reached at 448-7617 or ...
Still no answer on what sickened workers - Daily Comet
But an industrial hygienist not affiliated with BP, who asked not to be identified, said the agency's rules also say that respirators and other reasonable ...
Fishing families seek respirators - Daily Comet
He asked not to be identified because he fears it would jeopardize his job. “When you breathe it, it makes your eyes burn and your throat burns,” he said. ...