Category Archives: News
August ending without first named storm since 1997
August is ending without a named storm for the first time since 1997. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we've gone since early July without a named storm and that's the first time since 1941 there h...
Aug 31, 2022
An East Carroll Parish group is working to keep broadband expansion on track despite efforts from Sparklight to derail project
A group from East Carroll Parish is hoping to keep the broadband expansion project on track. Nathanael Wills with Delta Interfaith said it's on hold due to Sparklight, a subsidiary of Cable One protes...
Aug 31, 2022
Ouachita Parish authorities asking for help in finding a person who disappeared in 1989
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for public help to find a man who disappeared nearly 33 years ago. Investigators say Robert Fulton Browning was last seen walking away from his home on N...
Aug 31, 2022
National Monkeypox Response Team to provide testing, vaccinations and awareness at Decadence
In preparation for Southern Decadence Festival in New Orleans, the National Monkeypox Response team has sent teams along with 6,000 vaccine doses to help mitigate and raise awareness of the virus. Gov...
Aug 31, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
Louisiana getting nearly $100-million from feds for road and infrastructure projects
Louisiana is set to get another $98-million federal dollars top apply to transportation and infrastructure projects. State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says the additional funds are a reward ...
Aug 31, 2022
First human case of West Nile found in two years in Acadiana
If you thought the West Nile Virus had gone away, think again. The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the first case of the deadly form of West Nile in Acadiana in two years. Dr. Glennis Gray...
Aug 30, 2022 Katja Schulz / CC
Recall petition for New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell underway. What are its chances of success?
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is now the subject of a recall petition; filed last week with the Secretary of State's office. To get a recall on a ballot, organizers will need to collect legitimate...
Aug 30, 2022 New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell
A mental health professional discusses childhood trauma highlighted in "Katrina Babies"
The HBO Documentary Katrina Babies tells the story of how the trauma children experienced was never addressed and its relationship to the uptick in crime. LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Psychiatr...
Aug 29, 2022 Yosi Prihantoro / Unsplash
Three adults drown in the Sabine River trying to save a four-year-old boy, who also died
Four people drowned in Beauregard Parish over the weekend. Beauregard Parish Sheriff Mark Herford said they received a call Friday evening that four people were in distress and unaccounted for in the ...
Aug 29, 2022
Love is in the air, its the season for Love Bugs
In case you haven't noticed, there's an explosion of love in the air. Love bugs. LSU Ag Center entomologist Aaron Ashbrook says love bugs are prolific procreators. "A female can lay an egg mass that h...
Aug 29, 2022 Judy Gallagher / CC
