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Shreveport Rouxgaroux aim to take advantage of local flavor with return of indoor football
Professional football is back in(doors) Shreveport. With a mission to capture the area’s love for football and employ the blueprint for local success cultivated by the Shreveport Mudbugs, the Shreveport Rouxgaroux will debut in the National Arena League in 2025. A trio of owners, including one local, Keith Carter,...
Flood Advisory issued for portion of southeast Louisiana
A Flood Advisory has been issued for Thursday evening until 9:15 p.m. by NWS New Orleans. It covers a portion of southeast Louisiana, including the following parishes: Jefferson, Orleans and St. Charles. NWS says Some locations that will experience flooding include New Orleans, Avondale, Metairie, Hahnville, Marrero, Harvey, Laplace, Timberlane,...
Smart thermostats available for 1 cent through limited-time Entergy promotion
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - For a limited time, Entergy Louisiana is offering customers a way to reduce their energy consumption and their utility bill for only a penny. According to Entergy Louisiana, customers can get select smart thermostats for one penny, with shipping and taxes included, through Monday, Sept. 2.
Louisiana starts process to reorganize state's transportation agency
(The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers and Gov. Jeff Landry say the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is not completing transportation projects efficiently and a restructure could be in the offing. Landry issued an executive order in May calling for a complete restructuring of the department and the Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works met this week to discuss the possibility. Louisiana hired an outside consulting firm...
Louisiana lawmaker who authored bill to reduce politicians’ ethics fines has racked up her own
The Baton Rouge lawmaker who pushed through a new state law to reduce fines for political candidates who don’t file campaign finance reports on time has failed to submit her own paperwork properly several times over the 15 years she has been in public office. State Rep. Denise Marcelle, a Democrat, missed deadlines to turn […]
FCC Dismisses Louisiana LPFM Hopeful Over Failed Localism Requirement
A construction permit application for a new LPFM station on 90.7 FM in Baton Rouge, La., was dismissed for failing to meet the FCC’s localism requirement based on its listed headquarters address. Breakthrough Community Services applied for the station during the 2023 LPFM window. It sought to transmit from...
Something Every Louisiana Resident Who Signed Up for Disney+ Needs to Know
Does signing up for Disney’s popular streaming service mean you have agreed to never sue the entertainment giant over anything forever?. That is what Disney argues in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a 42-year-old New York doctor whose family claims had a fatal allergic reaction after eating at an Irish pub in Disney Springs in October.
Louisiana Official Assures High Speed Internet Coming To All
Is it a case of "business as usual" or is Louisiana truly committed to providing a source of high-speed internet to everyone?. In a recent interview with the Louisiana Radio Network, Louisiana Director of the State Office of Broadband Development Veneeth Iyengar said, “I can’t stress the importance of the development of broadband and how it needs to go to every single nook and cranny of the state and how it impacts both workforce development and economic development.”
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