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Louisiana Women Warned – That ‘Wrong Number’ Text Isn’t a Mistake
It doesn't matter whether you're sitting on a bench at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, waiting for live music at an outdoor show in Lafayette, or walking into one of the many casinos in Lake Charles or Shreveport, you're going to see people staring at their telephones. Unfortunately, a lot of Louisiana women in particular could be staring at a potentially dangerous situation that their own kindness could enhance.
Passenger Rail to the Beach from Louisiana – Big News Revealed
The last time a train left the city of New Orleans, Louisiana heading eastward toward stops in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida was during the month of August 2005. We know that because that service was suspended during the final days of August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, wrecked tracks, mangled bridges, and basically left all of the Gulf South in a major state of disrepair.
Best Place for a Margarita in New Orleans
Yesterday, July 24, was National Tequila Day. And even though we’re a day late, we think you can celebrate with a margarita any day of the week. This week, the editor’s are sharing their favorite places for a margarita and, obviously, some Mexican food!. Sign up for a...
Twin Cities church group stranded for days in New Orleans after CrowdStrike outage
MINNEAPOLIS — A Twin Cities church group is on its way home tonight, after spending the last few days stranded in New Orleans. "We are really sick of the airport," Leisha Tays, supervising the trip, said in a FaceTime call from the airport. That trip, to the Evangelical Lutherans...
New Orleans teens arrested in stolen cars in Kenner, one in an Alpha Romeo
Police are releasing details of a pair of arrests they say prevented New Orleans teens from continuing crimes in Kenner. The investigation started when license plate reader cameras alerted on a stolen car near I-10 and Williams Blvd.
Louisiana Stomach ‘Bug’ Might Be Something More Sinister
It's summertime and all over Louisiana from Monroe and Ruston in the north to Lake Charles and Lafayette in the south emergency departments at hospitals and walk-in clinics too are full of people all complaining about a similar symptom. This scenario has many health officials concerned because the spike in "stomach bugs" appears to be related to a more serious medical malady.
Drawdown Scheduled for Popular Louisiana River Starting Early September
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has announced a drawdown scheduled for False River to begin on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. The drawdown is being done in conjunction with the False River Watershed Council and Pointe Coupee Parish Government. What is the reason for the drawdown of False...
East Texas and Louisiana Brace for Flood Watch Until 6 PM Friday
Shreveport, LA – A flood watch is in effect until 6 PM Friday for parts of northwest Louisiana and eastern Texas due to ongoing heavy rainfall. Areas affected include Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby counties in Texas, and portions of northwest Louisiana including Sabine and Natchitoches parishes.
What to know about the feds' levee experiment in Metairie
Workers are busy building a "living shoreline" along Metairie's levee as part of a $15+ million overhaul of the lakefront from Bucktown Harbor to Bonnabel Boat Launch. Why it matters: It's the first time this type of project has been used to protect a federal levee, NOAA says, and is seen as an experiment for other levees in metro New Orleans.
Louisiana: If You See This Device, You’re Being Recorded
Have You Ever Wanted to Secretly Record a Conversation?. There have been times when I wish I could have recorded someone and played it back to see if I actually heard what I thought I heard. Do you know how many arguments I could have won in my past relationship?
Coal power plants cost Americans millions when they didn’t have to, study says
Utility companies in Louisiana saddled in- and out-of-state customers with $340 million in unnecessary costs over the past three years by choosing to run outdated, inefficient coal plants when cleaner, more affordable energy sources were available, according to a recent study an environmental group commissioned. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a coalition of environmental lawyers, […]
USDA Grant Supports USM Research Benefitting State Agriculture Industry
A research project at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) aiming to advance the Mississippi farming industry in sustainability and economic growth has earned a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dr. Fan Zhang, associate professor in the School of Construction Management, and Dr. Zhe Qiang, associate professor...
New Orleans hosts National Veterans Wheelchair Games
NEW ORLEANS — Hundreds of athletes are competing for their chance at gold this weekend – not at the Olympics. Right here in New Orleans at the Veterans Wheelchair Games. With dozens of events, they're playing sports you know and love but with a few changes. WWL Louisiana's...
Bike-sharing, emergency power hubs and EV chargers in New Orleans, elsewhere funded by EPA
Dillard University has been awarded a nearly $20 million EPA grant to expand bike sharing and electrical vehicle charger access as well as to retrofit public buildings to cut greenhouse gases and expand community resiliency in Orleans and two other parishes, officials said. Under the grant, Dillard will also start...
Man accused of murder had pending warrants for domestic abuse, New Orleans police say
A man accused of shooting another man dead this month in the Warehouse District had pending warrants for domestic abuse, including one that said he beat his girlfriend after she refused to buy him a PlayStation 5, police records show. Early morning surveillance footage from July 8 captured Alfred Pennington...
Entire State at Risk – Louisiana Bracing for Torrential Downpours
If you spent more than a few summer days in Louisiana in the past you probably know the drill as far as our "typical" summer weather pattern is concerned. People in Lafayette, New Iberia, Lake Charles, and even Shreveport and Monroe in northern Louisiana understand "partly cloudy, hot and humid, the chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon".
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