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Fire destroys home of Marksville resident, KALB employee
MARSKVILLE, La. (KALB) - Mike Decess, who works in News Channel 5′s engineering department, lost everything, including several pets, to a house fire on Wednesday, July 3. Decess and his significant other are known to foster animals. The two are in need of vet care for their surviving animals...
Historic Marksville July 4th firsts:
First time for three state champ teams to lead parade; -First time parade will not roll downtown; -First time AAMF held at Paragon. The longest running July 4th parade in Louisiana will continue to roll this Thursday in Marksville, but with a major change, and a historic group of young athletes.
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.
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...
List of New Louisiana Laws That Went into Effect This Week
Every year, Louisiana gets a TON of new laws and statutes. And this year is no different. Quite frankly, typically, most of them are relatively boring and don't directly impact our every day lives. That's just the way things go. However, this year, there's a few new laws that will...
Stay Alert: Skimmer Scams Hit Louisiana Grocery Stores
Officials with Berkshire's Grocery Company, the parent company of Super 1 Foods, say they removed credit card skimmers from two Louisiana stores according to KLFY. These incidents are a good reminder for customers everywhere that you can be the victim of a skimmer anywhere. In just the last few years,...
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