I gathered with a small group in a back room at SoBou, a Creole restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Each of us had a little cup of a deep brown stew with pieces of chicken and sausage rising above the surface and a small scoop of potato salad in the middle. This…
Explosion at Huge Louisiana Refinery; 6 Minor Injuries
GARYVILLE, La.—A huge Louisiana refinery was rocked by an explosion and fire Monday. Marathon Petroleum Corp. said six workers suffered minor injuries. Officials later gave the all-clear sign, but it was not immediately clear what caused the morning blast at the Marathon Petroleum Corp. plant in Garyville, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Six contract…
Raccoon Falls Through Ceiling Into Packed LSU Dining Hall
BATON ROUGE, La.—A raccoon fell through the ceiling into a packed dining hall at Louisiana State University as students screamed and a cook tried to catch it in a basket. Freshman Danielle Gipson told The Reveille student newspaper that everyone was standing up and looking around for a raccoon when she went into the 459…
Group Sues Louisiana for Denying Access to Voter Files After State Rebukes Democrat-Dominated Data Service
An electoral integrity group is suing Louisiana in federal court for refusing to allow inspection of voter list maintenance records, including information the state receives from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a controversial data-matching service accused of inaccuracy. Republican Kyle Ardoin, Louisiana’s secretary of state, is violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) by…
Child, 4, Accidentally Kills Himself With Gun Found in Car
WESTWEGO, La.—A 4-year-old boy in Louisiana, sitting in the back of a car with two younger siblings, fatally shot himself in the forehead with a gun he found while his mother and another adult smoked marijuana in the front seat, authorities said. An autopsy Monday found that Jarion Walker’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted, Jefferson Parish…
6 Injured in Explosion at Louisiana Chemical Plant
WESTLAKE, La.—An explosion Wednesday at a southwest Louisiana chemical plant has left at least six people with minor injuries. The explosion occurred at an empty ethylene dichloride storage tank shortly before 11 a.m., a spokesperson for Westlake Chemical South told news outlets. Two of the injured were taken to Oschner Christus St. Patrick Hospital and…
Louisiana Supreme Court Rules Hospital Can Fire Employees Who Refuse Vaccine
The highest court in the state of Louisiana upheld a hospital COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees, ruling that a top hospital can fire employees that do not comply with its policy. “This court finds Employer is entitled to terminate Employees for failure to comply with the vaccine mandate,” said the unanimous court decision, authored by…
US Marshals Rescue 5 Missing Teens and Arrest 30 Sex Offenders in New Orleans
A monthslong law enforcement operation in New Orleans resulted in the arrest of 30 sex offenders and the recovery of five missing teenagers, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) confirmed last week. The multiagency effort dubbed “Operation Boo Dat” was led by the USMS New Orleans Task Force and lasted from mid-October to Dec. 24. The…
Louisiana Company Agrees to Pay $43 Million, Hand Over $432 Million Trust Fund for Longest-Running Oil Spill
A Louisiana oil and gas company has agreed to turn over a $432 million trust fund to the United States and pay $43 million to resolve its liability for an oil spill at its former Gulf of Mexico offshore oil production facility, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday. Taylor Energy’s former production facility is…
24 States Sue Biden Admin Over COVID-19 Mandates for Children, Staff in Head Start
Attorneys general (AG) from 24 states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration challenging COVID-19 vaccine mandates for early education staff, and mask mandates for young children. Led by Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, the lawsuit (pdf) argues that the mandates involving Head Start, the country’s largest early education program, are unlawful, and exceed President…
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