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Water leak, property condition causing frustration for neighbor
BATON ROUGE - A house in the Gardere area is falling apart and the man living next door says he's had enough. The lot is overgrown and now there's a water leak. Larry Stirgus has watched the property next to him slowly deteriorate. "I'm just frustrated," he said. Stirgus says...
New Orleans is finally paying millions of dollars in decades-old legal judgments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Decades of unpaid money judgments owed by the city of New Orleans may finally be paid soon. New Orleans City Council on Thursday voted to make payments on a variety of legal judgments including wrecks that involved police cars and disputes over city contracts. The...
Derek Carr Sends Strong Message on Antonio Pierce & Raiders
Derek Carr has played against every team in the NFL except for the Las Vegas Raiders. He was the team’s starting quarterback for nine years before joining the New Orleans Saints last offseason. For the first time in his career, the Raiders are an opponent on his schedule as...
Former LSU Superstar to Make MLB Debut Monday
Over the last 20 years or so, Louisiana State University has produced some major names in the world of baseball: Todd Walker, Ben McDonald, Alex Bregman, Aaron Nola, Albert Belle...I mean, the list goes on and on. Heck, right now, arguably the hottest name in baseball today is Paul Skenes...
Four saved from capsized boat, family praised for aiding rescue
METAIRIE, La. — Four people were rescued from Lake Pontchartrain Saturday after their boat overturned. The Jefferson Parish Fire Department is praising a family of bystanders who aided in the rescue. Saturday afternoon, JPFD got a call that a boat had capsized on Lake Pontchartrain about a mile and...
Channing Tatum Explains What Hollywood ALWAYS Gets Wrong About This Louisiana Accent
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - When someone in Hollywood is asked to play the role of a character from Louisiana, they are always taught to use one of two generic accents. The first is a standard southern twang if the character is from north Louisiana. The other? A Cajun accent if they are from south Louisiana.
Louisiana’s First Buc-ee’s Clears MAJOR Hurdle – Construction Closer Than Ever
RUSTON, La. (KPEL News) - America's favorite beaver mascot took a step closer to getting a foothold in Louisiana this week after the zoning commission in Ruston, Louisiana approved a site map for the establishment. Now, Buc-ee's is closer than ever to its first Bayou State travel center. A crucial...
Westwego Woman Faces Charges in Jefferson Pedestrian Hit-and-Run
Jefferson, LA – Louisiana State Police arrested a Westwego woman for her alleged involvement in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Jefferson. Investigators identified Britney Holmes, 36, as the driver of a 2008 Nissan Sentra that struck 37-year-old Sue Ella Cechman on August 15. Holmes allegedly hit Cechman as she...
This state lawmaker has been named Alliance for Good Government's legislator of the year
The Alliance for Good Government has selected state Rep. Matthew Willard, a Democrat from New Orleans who chairs his party’s caucus, to receive its 2024 Legislator of the Year award. “It’s an incredible honor,” Willard said. “Usually whoever they give that to has demonstrated an ability to succeed, to...
Edna Karr student in critical condition after driver crashes into bedroom
NEW ORLEANS — A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after an SUV crashed into his bedroom at his residence on the corner of Cerise Avenue and Chef Mentuer. Through many tears, Cierra Patterson, the mother of Jamal Jackson, 15, described the horrific scene that left her son in the Intensive Care Unit.
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