Louisiana
An 11-year-old boy has confessed to killing Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, a former interim mayor of Minden, Louisiana, and his daughter, Keisha Miles, 31. The boy, who was a relative of the victims, was arrested after initially giving a conflicting account of events. Police found the two victims with gunshot wounds at their home after […]
Louisiana has enacted a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, making it the first state to do so. Signed by Republican Governor Jeff Landry, the law mandates a poster-sized display of the commandments in large, readable font in classrooms from kindergarten through state-funded universities. The legislation, passed by […]
Louisiana could be the first state to order a punishment of surgical castration to people convicted of sex crimes against children under the age 13 if the state’s governor signs it into law. For the last 16 years in Louisiana, it’s been allowed to use chemical castration, but it never used. Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical […]
Hundreds of American Red Cross volunteers are heading down south to help with Hurricane Ida in Louisiana. A few will be from Western New York. Red Cross volunteers are deployed on a two-week-long basis and are expected to travel where needed. The Red Cross is in need of more volunteers to respond to various natural disasters. Hurricane […]
14-year-old Zaila Avant-Garde, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Becoming the first African American contestant to win in 93 editions of the competition. Winning the $50,000 cash prize. New Orleans, Louisiana teen won after correctly spelling murraya — a type of tree — to clinch the championship. To get there, the teen had to navigate […]
Tuesday, Louisiana state officials stated that there have been five deaths due to extreme rain. These deaths are being investigated as weather-related. The extreme rain has also led to a missing person whose vehicle went off the road and into a canal. The Lousianna patrol reported a crash Monday night that led to one dead, one […]
Two Louisiana sanitation workers are being hailed as heroes for saving a 10-year-old girl who had been abducted from a family member’s home. The girl, Jalisa Lasalle had gone missing from a family member’s New Iberia home Sunday, according to the New Iberia Police Department. Investigators initially believed she was in imminent danger. Pelican Waste & […]
There is yet another tropical storm making its way through the Gulf Coast. Tropical storm Zeta made landfall on Wednesday with winds in excess of 110 miles per hour. It hit Louisiana by way of Cocoderie and is following a path similar to that of Hurricane Laura and Delta. This is the the 11 tropical […]
Hurricane Delta has made landfall in Mexico yesterday and is on track to hit the US around 8 P.M. on Friday. The wind will blow it north east over the weekend and it will hit the Pennsylvania border and New Jersey around 1 A.M. on Monday. The National Hurricane Center has gone forth and issued […]
Hurricane Laura ravaged the Louisiana coast, leaving more than 400,000 residents without power and another 200,000 without water. The hurricane’s effect is being felt all the way to Northern Louisiana and took the lives of 14 people. 10 in Louisiana and 4 in Texas. Louisiana State governor John Bel Edwards issued a statement, saying: “The […]
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