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Storm damage, road closures reported after severe weather hits capital area
BATON ROUGE - Road closures and storm damage were reported after severe weather passed through the capital area. Most notably, a tornado touched down in East Fork outside of Kentwood. No injuries have been reported thus far. Outside of that, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said a tree was blocking...
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Stine Home & Yard Breaks Ground on Expansion
Stine Home & Yard, which operates 12 stores in Louisiana and one in Mississippi, celebrated the groundbreaking of a major expansion at its location in DeRidder, Louisiana. This marks the third expansion for Stine in DeRidder. “DeRidder is my home. I’m so proud to be here,” says Wendy Stine, president...
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Nine Louisiana residents sentenced to federal prison for trafficking meth from Houston
Nine Louisiana residents have been sentenced to prison terms after a drug trafficking investigation in Avoyelles Parish, according to a news release. An investigation into methamphetamine distribution in Avoyelles Parish was started by the FBI Central Louisiana Gang Task Force, reads the release from acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. It included surveillance and authorized wire tapes for phones being used to traffic drugs, it reads. Those wiretaps supplied investigators with "numerous communications between the defendants wherein they discussed their narcotics trafficking," reads the release. The longest sentence was more than 18 years, and each defendant will be...
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Newell: New Orleans leads the country in population shrinkage; we can’t have another 8 years of a Cantrell(esque) administration
Since 2020, about 28,400 people have left the city for other pastures. Nearly two-thirds of Louisiana parishes saw their populations dwindle last year. And Orleans Parish is shrinking by the highest rate. (See more on WWL and Audacy)
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Major structural damages as tornado touches down in Kentwood area
KENTWOOD — Deputies responded to reports of major structural damage after a tornado touched down near the Kentwood area on Saturday afternoon. A Tornado Warning was issued at 12:10 p.m. for areas near Kentwood and northern Tangipahoa Parish along I-55. Another Tornado Warning came out shortly after 1 p.m. in the same region.
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Plumber dies in Kenner after being trapped under house for over an hour
KENNER, La. — A plumber who became trapped while working in the 3200 block of Kentucky Avenue in Kenner has died, according to officials. The Kenner Fire Department was called to the scene at 3:48 p.m. they arrived just three minutes later. Kenner fire officials said the victim was...
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Man captured after Thursday manhunt to be booked with rape
BATON ROUGE - The man arrested Thursday after an hours-long law enforcement search in the Old Jefferson area, is accused of a home invasion and rape in which the victim was held for hours and beaten, according to police records. William Heath Hebert II, 31, was initially booked with resisting...
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Threat for severe thunderstorms continues east of Baton Rouge through 5pm
2:45pm Update: the last push of active weather is underway across the Metro Area. Strong thunderstorms are rumbling through the Capital City with brief downpours, lightning and gusty wind. As of this typing, there were no active warnings. However, any storms could still strengthen over the next hour. Looking at the radar, you can see that locations north and west of Baton Rouge are already in the clear. Rapidly improving conditions are expected from west to east through 5pm.
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Timing of severe thunderstorms headed for New Orleans and Baton Rouge becoming clearer
The window in which severe thunderstorms could pummel New Orleans and Baton Rouge with hurricane-force winds, rain and tornadoes Saturday is becoming smaller, National Weather Service forecasters said Thursday afternoon. Weather service meteorologist Kevin Gilmore said in a video briefing at 3:30 p.m. Thursday that scattered storms are expected to...