President Donald Trump got a firsthand look Saturday at the damage from Hurricane Laura as he traveled to Louisiana and then Texas to inspect the cleanup response. The president had words of encouragement for Louisiana as he said he knew the state would ‘rebuild it fast’ and praised the work of first responders and law … Read more
Hurricane Laura, one of the strongest to ever strike the U.S., barreled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs, killing at least six people and maintaining ferocious strength while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland. Aerial photos have laid bare the extent of the destruction caused by the Category 4 storm, that left … Read more
Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday, raising fears that it could come ashore as a catastrophic Category 4 storm with an ‘unsurvivable’ 20-foot storm surge that could sink entire communities in Texas and Louisiana. Laura grew nearly 70 per cent in power in just 24 hours to reach Category 3 status, and it showed no … Read more
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report suggests that one coronavirus test may not be enough to be sure that someone has not been infected after exposure. The report, published Monday, found that more than 70 percent of inmates at a Louisiana prison who were exposed to someone infected with coronavirus ultimately … Read more
Baton Rouge activist rips into school board member after catching her ‘online shopping’ during a debate on renaming Lee High School after the Confederate general she had defended for ‘freeing his slaves’ Gary Chambers, who was a candidate for the Louisiana state senate last year, called on Connie Bernard to resign at a school board … Read more
More than 70 percent of hospitalized coronavirus patients who died in one Louisiana health system were black, a disturbing new study found. Of the patients hospitalized for COVID-19, more than 76 percent were black. Only about a third of the community served by the Ochsner Health system is black. The new research, published in the … Read more
Rising sea levels could leave more than 5,800 square miles of Louisiana wetlands underwater within 50 years, according to a new study New research from Tulane University shows the Louisiana coastline is at risk Rising sea levels of between six and nine millimeters a year would wipe out the Louisiana marshlands and parts of New … Read more
Two ghost hunters in Louisiana have said they ran out of a home that has been compared to Amityville Horror after they were spooked by paranormal activity. Dawn Vallot Declout listed the 1930s property for free in March, and locals claimed that the owner’s great-grandmother Adele haunts the place. On a recent visit, Cindy Parr … Read more