There's no sign, near or far, but every last soul in the region knows the intersection of the major two-lane-ers in the county highways 75 and 10 is, was, and has been for as long as anyone can remember, the "Million Dollar Corner." It lays out there on a low plain all by its lonesome, closest burg is a little town named Maurice, three miles south. Was the construction of the infrastructure a government boondoggle?
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana officials are spending $1.375 million to have a giant alligator float in the Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the next three years.