An official says the deepest part of the 22-acre sinkhole near Bayou Corne, La., is at least 500 feet deep, and not between 110 to 220 feet deep that has been estimated by Texas Brine. John Boudreaux, director of the …
Cameron Parish Fire District 10 in Louisiana has hired six firefighters and officials say that will improve response to fire calls in Johnson Bayou and Holly Beach and lower fire insurance premiums. District secretary Rhonda Morrison tells The American Press …
Louisiana Health Cooperative Inc. has a new chief executive. The company this week named state Rep. Greg Cromer, a Republican representing the Slidell area, to the post. Cromer says LAHC is a nonprofit that offers “guaranteed issue, quality health insurance.” …
A woman accused of igniting a deadly bakery fire in Gretna, La., last month is facing murder charges after authorities said she torched her business in a scheme to collect insurance proceeds. Authorities say Lesly Martinez, 41, owner of Lesly’s …
With thousands of properties caught in a three-year legal holding pattern, Baton Rouge, La., and other officials across the state want the New Orleans treatment on dealing with blight. New Orleans already secured a state constitutional amendment speeding up the …
Natural gas began leaking on July 8 from an old, non-producing well at an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico about 75 miles off the Louisiana coast after a crew working to plug the well lost control …
Plants that were the sites of two chemical explosions a day apart in south Louisiana remain closed, and it could be months before federal investigators determine the causes of the blasts that killed three workers and sent nearly 100 others …
It’s been five years since Baton Rouge launched a traffic light camera program, and data released recently shows drops in both traffic crashes and violations at the selected intersections. The Advocate reports Baton Rouge’s Department of Public Works evaluated intersections …
State and federal officials investigating the cause of the deadly blast on June 13 at the Williams Companies Inc. plant near Gonzales, La., plan to inspect a key element of the facility that one federal investigator said “failed catastrophically.” Investigators …
One person was killed as the result of an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Geismar, La. on June 13 The Times-Picayune reported that 77 people were taken to the hospital with injuries. Louisiana State Police identified the …
