SHREVEPORT, La.—A Louisiana coroner’s office has released the name of a baby found dead in a lake after his mother allegedly threw him and his older brother into the water. The child was identified as 10-month-old Joshua Black, the Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office said in a news release Wednesday night. Police had previously given his…
‘Incredibly Important:’ Louisiana Governor Extends Indoor Mask Mandate
Louisiana’s governor this week extended his indoor mask mandate, arguing that evidence shows masks can slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. “I think this is incredibly important,” Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, told a briefing. Edwards pointed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that found schools…
Missing Moon Rock From Apollo 17 Mission Back in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La.—Louisiana has recovered a missing lunar rock gifted to the state to commemorate the last manned U.S. mission to the moon after it turned up in the hands of a man who recycles wooden plaques. The rock from the 1972 Apollo 17 landing was in the possession of the Louisiana State Museum on…
NTSB: Broadcasting Only Boat Size Led to Fatal Towboat Crash
NEW ORLEANS—A fatal head-on crash between barges pushed by two towboats in Louisiana was caused by inadequate communication and failure to broadcast their total sizes, the National Transportation Safety Board says. The RC Creppel overturned and sank after the collision with the Cooperative Spirit about 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 26, 2020. Its pilot, captain and…
Photos Show Sheriff’s Deputies Folding American Flag Saved From Barbwire Fence After Hurricane Ida
After Hurricane Ida left hundreds of thousands of Louisianans without power, and rendered over 10,000 homeless, one dad from Old Mandeville witnessed a site for sore eyes, offering some comfort. Businessman Shane Mutter, 42, was driving with his kids along Florida Street in St. Tammany Parish, en route to check on their home, when he…
Louisiana State University Students Face Expulsion for Not Meeting Vaccine Mandate
September 17, 2021
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Louisiana State University (LSU) has started to unenroll students who are not in compliance with the university’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard posted on Twitter that the university is contacting 78 students to inform them they are being unenrolled for not meeting the vaccination requirement. The university in August announced that students must…
Nicholas Crawls Into Louisiana From Texas, Dumping Rain
September 15, 2021
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POINTE-AUX-CHENES, La.—Nicholas weakened to a tropical depression as it crawled from Texas into southern Louisiana on Wednesday, unleashing heavy rain across a landscape where Hurricane Ida destroyed thousands of rooftops now covered with flimsy tarps. Forecasters said Nicholas would slow to a stall over central Louisiana through Thursday, with plenty of water still to dump…
Tropical Storm Nicholas Threatens Gulf Coast With Heavy Rain
September 13, 2021
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HOUSTON—Tropical Storm Nicholas strengthened just off the Gulf Coast and could blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane Monday as it brings heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said top sustained winds reached 60 mph (95 kph). It was traveling north-northwest…
Life Without Gas: Rural Louisianans Adapt After Hurricane Ida
Living without power after a hurricane sounds like a return to a simpler time, but the reality is more complex. At the Big Boss Travel Plaza gas station in Tickfaw, Louisiana, simple staples became survival essentials. Outside, a cooler, that once held ice, sat smashed open. A few days ago, several people fighting over ice…
Louisiana Yanks Nursing Home Licenses After 7 Residents Die Amid Hurricane Ida
Officials in Louisiana have pulled licenses for seven nursing homes across four parishes after residents from them were taken to a warehouse ahead of Hurricane Ida and subjected to what officials say were substandard conditions. Over 800 residents were taken to the Tangipahoa Parish warehouse. Seven died, and over a dozen others required hospital care. “All…
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