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Customers who save on electric bills could be forced to pay utility company for lost profits
Louisiana’s major electric utilities are still pushing state regulators to allow them to charge customers for the costs of a new statewide energy efficiency program and for the electricity customers will no longer need because of that program. A large group that included Louisiana Public Service Commission staff, utility company executives, consumer advocates and other […]
Rick Ross Trolls 50 Cent Over Travis Scott & Cuban Link Dating Rumor
Rick Ross unexpectedly offered 50 Cent a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to do business amid the trolling. Rick Ross mocked his longtime foe 50 Cent over rumors of Travis Scott dating the G-Unit rapper’s ex-girlfriend Cuban Link on Friday (July 26). Ross reposted a clip of 50 Cent’s ex getting into a car with Scott on Instagram Stories.
VPD officer facing great loss from overnight house fire in Natchez
NATCHEZ — Vidalia Police Captain Craig Godbold and his family lost most of their possessions in a house fire late Friday into early Saturday morning. Godbold, who lived on Creek Bend Road near Village Green apartments in Natchez, said the fire appears to have started in the carport and spread to the rest of the […] The post VPD officer facing great loss from overnight house fire in Natchez appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
New Orleans Saints Quarterback Reveals That He Has Been Diagnosed With Rare Type Of Cancer
New Orleans Saints quarterback Jake Haener has been diagnosed with a non-threatening form of skin cancer, the 25-year-old announced on Friday. Speaking to reporters at training camp on Friday, the New Orleans Saints sophomore signal-caller revealed that he was diagnosed with a form of skin cancer that is rarely found in his age group, per ESPN’s Katherine Terrell:
Mayor Cantrell hit with federal civil rights lawsuit by the woman she tried to accuse of stalking her
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been hit with a federal Civil rights lawsuit by the woman she tried to accuse of stalking her. Pontalba resident Anne Breaud filed the lawsuit Friday against Cantrell, her chief of staff Clifton Davis and three police officers involved in taking the mayor's police report, in which she claims Breaud stalked and harassed her. The officers are Leslie Guzman, Victor Gant and Ryan St. Martin.
Furniture Chain Confirms Bankruptcy – Louisiana Stores to Close
Furniture and appliance shoppers in cities such as Lake Charles, Lafayette, Alexandria, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Monroe, Port Allen, and the Greater New Orleans area might soon find themselves with one less option when it comes to furnishing and outfitting their homes. A one-time leader in the furniture and appliance industry has officially confirmed it has filed for bankruptcy protection as of this past Tuesday.
Forecasters Watching Tropical Disturbance Headed for Gulf of Mexico – Should Louisiana and Texas Be Worried?
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - Parts of Louisiana and Texas may need to keep an eye out over the next two weeks as a tropical system begins to slowly develop in the Atlantic. According to the most recent forecasts from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), "An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave during the next several days."
Rain chances dropping, temperatures rising
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The wet and unsettled weather pattern that we’ve had the past week or so is moving out, and somewhat drier/hotter air is moving in. Today will be partly sunny with a 50% chance of showers/storms, mainly in the afternoon, highs in the low to mid 90s.
NBC 10 News Today: Miss Louisiana Interview
MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On NBC 10 News Today, Olivia Grace George joins NBC 10’s Abby Price and Hannah Clark to discuss what her journey has been like going for Miss Louisiana From Miss Watermelon Festival. For more information, watch the video above.
A Win In Louisiana Against Cruel And Life-Threatening Prison Conditions
Norris Henderson and I knew of each other long before we actually met in New York 20 years ago. I’d written widely about the conditions, harms and failures of the American prison system, and Norris, the founder and executive director of the criminal justice policy shop Voice of the Experienced (V.O.T.E.) headquartered in New Orleans, had been wrongfully incarcerated for 27 years at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly and infamously known as Angola Prison.
Inmate dies from apparent suicide at Caddo Correctional Center
SHREVEPORT, La. - An investigation is underway following the apparent suicide of an inmate at Caddo Correctional Center. Early Saturday morning, the 56-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell during a welfare check. Deputies and medical staff performed life-saving measures until the Shreveport Fire Department arrived on the scene....
Man found shot multiple times, lying dead in driveway identified by coroner
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A fatal shooting left a man dead in the Allendale neighborhood. On July 26, at 11:25 p.m., the Shreveport Police Department responded to an assault report on the 1800 block of St John Street in the Allendale neighborhood. When officers arrived, they discovered a man had been shot multiple times and was lying dead in a driveway.
Schools take on Better Me, Better School Challenge to improve, earn cash awards
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Four high schools take on the challenge to be better and earn award money for their school’s programs and student activities. In the 2024-2025 school year, four Shreveport schools are taking on the Ryan Williams Better Me, Better School Challenge, which encourages awards for schools based on participation and good behavior. The awards that are given either go to the school’s athletic program or where the students and parents decide.
Louisiana fugitive arrested in Lock Haven
Lock Haven, Pa. — Police arrested a Louisiana fugitive in Clinton County. Christopher James Kelley, 32, was stopped by police for a traffic violation on the 200 block of Woodward Ave, in Lock Haven. Kelley was found to have an outstanding warrant for a drug offense out of the Jefferson Parrish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana, according to a release from the Woodward Township Police Department. Kelley was taken into custody, charged for being a fugitive from justice, according to the release from Woodward Township Police Department. He is currently at the Clinton County Correctional Facility awaiting extradition to Louisiana.
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