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Lakeshore, Pearl River among teams to watch in competitive 4A district
District 7-4A is setting up to be an open race with lots of talent spread throughout and the two St. Tammany Parish schools likely the favorites. Both Lakeshore and Pearl River should be in the league title mix. The Titans had the best district record last season among the teams currently in the district having only lost to Salmen, which moved up to 5A.
Agreement to cancel medical debt for 193,000 needy patients in Southern states
“A New Orleans-based system of hospitals and clinics serving Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is working with a New York nonprofit to wipe out $366 million in medical debt for about 193,000 needy patients,” The Associated Press reported. “The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported Wednesday that the deal involving Ochsner Health was arranged by Undue Medical Debt, a donor-funded organization that negotiates with hospitals, doctors’ offices and ambulance services to purchase and erase the outstanding medical debt of those least able to afford it. Ochsner is the largest health system in Louisiana and has 46 hospitals and 370 clinics and urgent cares in the three states it serves. ‘Ochsner is proud to have worked with Undue Medical Debt to enable the organization to acquire and cancel past one-time debts for eligible residents,’ the company said in a statement. The deal followed a Monday announcement of an agreement between Ochsner, Undue Medical Debt and New Orleans to wipe out more than $59 million in medical debt for about 66,000 patients in that city. The city had agreed last year to provide Undue Medical Debt with $1.3 million in federal money from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, a pandemic program to acquire qualifying debt and erase it. Lempert said that in addition to the pandemic dollars, his organization used money it received from donations and grassroots fundraising both locally and nationwide to purchase the debt from Ochsner. He declined to say how much it paid, but based on what the organization has said it typically pays — about 1 cent for each dollar of debt — the amount would be around $3.6 million.” “Agreement to cancel medical debt for 193,000 needy patients in Southern states,”
Sleeping teen critically injured after alleged drunken driver crashes into bedroom, family says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) - A sleeping teenager in New Orleans was critically injured when an alleged drunk driver lost control of an SUV and crashed into the bedroom of a home, according to authorities. The crash occurred around 4:02 a.m. on Sunday at a house on the corner of...
Why the Louisiana AG and New Orleans DA are at odds over deals for long-serving prisoners
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and Attorney General Liz Murrill have managed an uneasy pact when it comes to tackling crime in New Orleans. A deal between the two allows the attorney general to prosecute anyone arrested by Louisiana State Police working in the city. Williams, who took office as a progressive Democratic reformer, seemed to welcome the help from the newly elected Republican attorney general. And though crime is down, the AG's workload in the city is growing. Proactive patrols by the new Troop Nola have jailed dozens over the summer, and sources say a surge of 30 to 40 additional troopers is coming in a few weeks.
Shell wants to move into protective 'buffer zone' of historic Louisiana plantation
Shell Chemical Co., owner of the Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation in Geismar, conducted a major restoration of the structure about a decade ago. Now it seeks to remove the property's historical site designation overlay, saying it has no intention of operating on the historic site but wants to move into the buffer around it.
Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis breaks world record again
CHORZOW, Poland — Armand Duplantis has broken the world record in the pole vault again, this time clearing 6.26 meters in a Diamond League meet in Poland on Sunday. Duplantis, a Lafayette native who competes for his mother’s native Sweden, added another centimeter to his world record in Chorzow. His 6.26 meters translates to 20.54 feet.
St. Augustine faces greater accountability from new coach after winless district season
St. Augustine junior Jahkeem Stewart understood as well as anyone the frustration that came with going winless in District 9-5A play last football season. Listed by several national recruiting websites as the No. 1 overall player for 2026 signing class, the uncommitted 6-foot-6, 277-pound defensive lineman was on the field when St. Augustine faltered late in games during a 4-8 season that included a 0-6 mark in district play.
RFK Jr. cleared to take on Biden censorship after Supreme Court punted issue
A Louisiana district court ruled this week that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his charity Children’s Health Defense have the legal right to sue the Biden administration for allegedly pressuring tech giants to censor their social media posts. The decision marks the latest major development in anti-censorship litigation, following the June Supreme Court ruling in […]
Annual Southwest Louisiana ‘Out Of The Darkness Walk’
Please come out and show your support for the Annual SWLA Out of The Darkness Community Walk Burton Coliseum Complex Lake Charles presented by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. If there was ever a cause to show up for, it's this!. Since 2004 hundreds of cities across the nation...
Sleeping teen critically injured as alleged drunk driver crashes into New Orleans East home
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A sleeping teenager was critically injured early Sunday (Aug. 25) when an alleged drunk driver lost control of an SUV and plowed the vehicle into the bedroom of a New Orleans East home, police said. The crash occurred around 4:02 a.m. at a house on the...
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