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Alabama should follow Louisiana’s Lead
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Violent crime in our state continues to get worse. In Birmingham, alone homicides are up by 15 percent after the first six months of the year. And look at Montgomery, where homicides have increased by 93 percent over the past five years. There is...
Iberville Parish principal, early education leader receive statewide honors
NEW ORLEANS - Two educators from Iberville Parish were honored with statewide awards during a ceremony Saturday night. The Principal of the Year award went to Dr. Amanda Austin, who leads MSA East Academy in St. Gabriel. The magnet K-12 school is specializes in math, science and art. Dr. Austin...
Mixed results in 2024 standardized tests for Louisiana students
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Newly released standardized test results for Louisiana students show small gains in some areas, but overall scores moved little in the past year and, despite gains in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, remain below 2019 levels. Results for the LEAP test released Wednesday show overall mastery of subject matter, including […]
Louisiana energy company causes oil spill
An oil spill that leaked out in a southern Louisiana bayou over the weekend has already killed wildlife and prompted a water conservation order for people in the area. The oil spill happened in Bayou Lafourche, about a half-hour drive northeast of Houma. The Lafourche Parish Government was made aware of the crude oil spill in the bayou on Saturday morning, finding that it was stemming from a stormwater canal near a highway intersection in Raceland. The source of the release was identified as the Crescent Midstream Crude Oil Facility, which government officials said was "following its approved incident response plan." "The...
Tragic Louisiana Boating Accident Claims Two Lives, Several Others Injured
In a heartbreaking incident on the Tickfaw River, a boating accident early Sunday morning claimed the lives of two individuals and left several others injured. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is currently investigating this tragic event. According to FOX 8, The collision, involving a 25-foot pontoon boat and...
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