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Franklin playwright invited to BroadwayCom event
Award-winning playwright and Dramatists Guild of America member Ed “Tiger” Verdin of Franklin has received an invitation to BroadwayCon, the world’s largest theatrical convention, held in New York City. Verdin also received an invitation to the 2020 9/11 Day of Remembrance Ceremony at the World Trade Center...
Severe Heat Warnings and Scattered Storms Expected in Louisiana and Arkansas
Shreveport, LA – The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued warnings of severe weather conditions for Louisiana and Arkansas this Independence Day weekend. Today, the region will experience isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms, particularly affecting South Central Arkansas and North Central Louisiana. According to the NWS, the...
7-In-Seven Countdown: Top 2024 High School Football Matchups
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - For week two of the 7-In-Seven Countdown series, we’re taking a look at some of the top 2024 Southwest Louisiana high school football matchups, from week one onwards. Week One - Thursday, September 5th: Kinder at Welsh. Kinder and Welsh enter the 2024 season...
The Breakdown: Hurricane forecast models 101
NEW ORLEANS — A quick ‘Models 101’: Weather forecast models are spit out by supercomputers operated by different weather agencies. They run thousands of equations on different layers of the atmosphere, taking factors and data from space and on the ground into consideration. The different formulas sometimes result in different forecasts.
Family, friends bid farewell to guardsmen deploying
The Louisiana National Guard’s 139th Regional Support Group held a deployment ceremony in New Orleans at the Capital on Baronne, June 1. This event marks the beginning of the unit’s deployment to Poland and the Baltic states where they will provide crucial base and logistical support. The event was attended by service members, as well as their friends and families.More than 80 Guardsmen from the…
SWLA NICU babies celebrate Fourth of July
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Some of Southwest Louisiana’s smallest residents are celebrating their first Independence Day in style. CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital shared adorable photos of their neonatal intensive care unit patients dressed in red, white and blue in time for the Fourth of July. For a...
Wetter afternoons mean cooler temps for some
NEW ORLEANS — The weather is still going be hot for the Fourth of July holiday and through the weekend, but the oppressive heat is probably over for the short term. We had more showers and thunderstorms develop on Wednesday, and some of that rain developed in the late morning, helping to hold temperatures down a bit for many communities. We picked up over 3 inches of rain in Metairie.
As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields
Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.” The state immediately appealed the decision. U.S. District Judge...
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