Tornado destroys homes in weather-battered western Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A tornado in western Louisiana damaged more than a dozen homes in a part of the state still struggling to […]
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Louisiana governor ends mask mandate, except at some schools
By MELINDA DESLATTE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards is largely ending Louisiana’s nearly three-month-old indoor mask mandate since the state has […]
1 killed, 7 hurt in shooting at Grambling State University
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Officials say one person was fatally shot and seven others were wounded at Grambling State University in the second deadly shooting […]
State police investigate deadly shooting at Grambling State
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Investigators for Louisiana State Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting on the Grambling State University campus this week […]
LSU creates cellphone app for COVID-19 contact tracing
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Researchers at Louisiana State University have created a cellphone app to track exposures to COVID-19. The Advocate reports the GeauxTrace […]
No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen
By HOPE YEN WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, is refusing to say that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen. In a […]
Edwards extends Louisiana’s mask mandate for another month
By MELINDA DESLATTE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards is reupping Louisiana’s indoor mask mandate for another month. The Democratic governor Tuesday […]
Police chief: Ida hit Louisiana town harder than Katrina did
By GERALD HERBERT GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — Ida caused mass devastation on Grand Isle, a Louisiana town on a narrow barrier island that bore […]
Ida’s sweltering aftermath: No power, no water, no gasoline
By KEVIN MCGILL, CHEVEL JOHNSON and MELINDA DESLATTE NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are now dealing with the possibility of […]
Some energy facilities in Gulf gradually inch back to life
By DAVID KOENIG and PAUL WISEMAN, the Associated Press Oil companies began gradually to restart some of their refineries in Louisiana, and key fuel pipelines […]