Hurricane Francine Makes Landfall in Louisiana, Thousands Without Power
Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening, leaving more than 250,000 people without power. With sustained winds of nearly 100 mph (155 kph), Francine struck Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Morgan City, before moving toward a coast still recovering from hurricanes in 2020 and 2021. Morgan City Fire Chief […]
Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2
Hurricane Francine Landed It strengthened rapidly throughout Wednesday, becoming a Category 2 storm in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, around 6:00 pm EDT. By 9:00 pm EDT, the storm had weakened to a Category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds decreasing from 100 mph to 75 mph. However, the National Weather Service still described the storm as […]
Hurricane Francine takes aim at Louisiana coast as millions prepare for life-threatening impacts
Hurricane Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday. The storm is expected to bring extensive flooding, dangerous storm surge and destructive winds to the US Gulf Coast. Several Louisiana parishes issued mandatory evacuation orders, and state and local leaders […]
Louisiana Anonymous Tip App Allows Students to Report Safety Threats
Louisiana students and teachers can submit information about potential threats using a school safety app funded by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security in the wake of the Winder, Georgia, shooting. The Safe Schools LA app, created by CrimeStoppers Inc. Greater New Orleans (GNO), provides 650 schools with the ability to anonymously report information about […]
Louisiana mother involved in fight with students after being let in school
Witnesses said the mother of a student at a Louisiana school got into a fight with another student after being forced to enter the school through a side entrance. The fight reportedly happened around 7 a.m. on August 22nd on the IDEA Bridge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as students were waiting for class to start. […]
Jaw-dropping footage shows moment hurricane-damaged Hertz Tower skyscraper implodes in Louisiana
The abandoned Harts Tower, which had become a symbol of the destruction wrought by the successive hurricanes that hit Louisiana in 2020, was finally demolished on Saturday. Footage from a demolition site in Lake Charles shows the moment workers set off a series of explosions inside, causing the aging 22-story skyscraper formerly known as Capital […]
‘Ghost’ migrant admits to knifepoint rape and kidnapping of Louisiana girl, 13
An illegal immigrant police officer described as a “ghost” has admitted to kidnapping and raping a teenage girl at knifepoint near New Orleans. Diego Rodriguez Salvador, 23, was arrested on September 4 after he allegedly lured a 13-year-old girl into his car, took her to his home in Kenner, Louisiana, and raped her. Rodriguez-Salvador, an […]
11-Year-Old Boy Confesses to Murder of Former Louisiana Mayor
Police in Minden, Louisiana, said Monday that an 11-year-old boy had confessed to killing former Mayor Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and his daughter, Keisha Miles, 31. Cornelius, who was appointed interim mayor of Minden by the city council in 2013 after the death of his predecessor, was found dead Sunday morning in his home in […]
Louisiana boy, 10, arrested in double homicide of former mayor, his daughter
A 10-year-old boy in Louisiana has been arrested after allegedly telling authorities he shot and killed a former mayor and his adult daughter over the weekend. Police responded to a Minden home around 6:30 a.m. Sunday and discovered the bodies of former Minden City Councilman and interim mayor Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and his daughter, […]
Louisiana governor issues back-to-school order banning critical race theory in K-12 public classrooms
Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Tuesday banning the use of critical race theory in Louisiana's K-12 public education system. The governor's office said Critical Race Theory (CRT) contains “divisive teachings that teach students to view life through the lens of race and victimhood,” and Landry believes students should learn about […]