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Target rich: Louisiana 4-H shooting sports wins second consecutive national championship
(07/02/24) BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports Team are once again reigning national champions after defeating competitors from across the United States. The team has placed first in four out of the past five national competitions, including 2019, 2021 and 2023, with a second-place finish in 2022 and the 2020 event being canceled due to COVID restrictions.
Louisiana Postal Prices Rising – Last Week to Save on Stamps
It doesn't matter whether you live in Shreveport, Monroe, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, or Maurice there is a good reason for you to visit your hometown post office this week. That reason is this. If you visit the Post Office before July 14th you're going to save a lot of money on your holiday shipping costs.
Gov. Landry accuses EPA of trying to close Denka plant in LaPlace
Top Louisiana officials are lining up in support of a St. John the Baptist Parish petrochemical plant, in defiance of a federal regulation that Gov. Jeff Landry says is unfair. As a show of support, Landry held a news conference Monday at the Denka Performance Elastomers facility in LaPlace flanked...
Louisiana expands concealed carry gun rights on Independence Day: Here's what it means
Louisiana's law-abiding adults 18 and older will be able to carry concealed guns without permits or training beginning on Independence Day when a new law authored by Republican state Sen. Blake Miguez goes into effect. Miguez said the Fouth of July holiday is an appropriate day for the new law....
'Feels-like' temperatures of up to 118 degrees forecast for southeast Louisiana this week
An excessive heat warning is in effect across much of southeast Louisiana Tuesday, where dangerously high temperatures, humidity and heat index values of up to 118 degrees are expected through the day. New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette are all expected to face oppressive heat through Tuesday evening, according to...
Judge sides with 16 states, putting on pause Biden’s delay of consideration of gas export projects
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The Biden administration can’t delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge by 16 Republican-led states plays out in federal court, a Louisiana judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge James Cain, Jr. sided with the states, granting...
Indiana and Illinois Arby’s Locations Affected by Franchisee Bankruptcy
After filing for bankruptcy, a small Arby's franchisee is selling some locations and closing others. Miracle Restaurant Group LLC, a company based out of Louisiana has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Miracle owns 25 Arby's locations in Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. This isn't Miracle Restaurant Group's first Chapter 11 filing according to Nation's Restaurant News,
Blue Bell Announces Popular Retired Flavor Will Make a Return to Louisiana, Texas Stores
Summer in Louisiana is not complete without your favorite Blue Bell ice cream flavor. They recently asked fans to vote for their favorite retired flavor for a chance to see it back on store shelves. Blue Bell always offers a variety of classic flavors, but the focus of The Great...
90s Country Star Pam Tillis Playing Concert in Crowley, Louisiana on Sept. 14
One of the best female country performers of the '90s will stop in Cajun country this fall. Pam Tillis is heading to the Grand Opera House of the South in Crowley on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Tickets for the show are already on sale and have gone relatively quickly. Only...
Schools are now required by state law to put 988 on the back of student ID’s
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Teen suicide is an epidemic that has only gotten worse over the years. According to the Department of Health, it’s the 14th leading cause of death in Louisiana and the 3rd leading cause of death for ages 10-34. A new state law taking effect this year requires the 988 suicide prevention hotline number on the back of student IDs.
Regulators asked to deny permits for giant Louisiana plastics plant
Environmental law advocates have asked Louisiana’s environmental regulating agency not to renew the air permits for a controversial planned plastics manufacturing facility, citing new federal air quality standards limiting toxic soot and dust pollution. In a separate action, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, environmental advocates and local residents also are asking Louisiana to investigate what […] The post Regulators asked to deny permits for giant Louisiana plastics plant appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit
The John Minor Wisdom United States Fifth Court of Appeals building in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Oct. 3, 2017 (Jolie McCullough/The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. If the 5th U.S....
Lafayette Parish woman named Louisiana Farm Bureau Outstanding Young Farm Woman
NEW ORLEANS — A Lafayette Parish sugar and cattle producer is this year’s Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Outstanding Young Farm Woman. . Amanda Duhon, 33, received the award Thursday, June 27 at the Louisiana Farm Bureau's 102nd annual convention. Duhon is a first-generation sugarcane farmer and a fourth-generation cattle producer, but she said that wasn’t always the case.
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