Louisiana Tech president Doctor Jim Henderson, who previously announced, he was retiring at the end of the calendar year, but today he informed faculty and staff that he needs to address some things with physical health and is last day on the job will be Thursday. Henderson says Tech is well-positioned to continue the recent momentum.

State Climatologist Jay Grymes says drought conditions are intensifying in Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has more…

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Keep Louisiana Beautiful says during the inaugural Love the Waterways campaign last month, 68 tons of litter was removed from the state’s waterways….

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That’s Keep Louisiana Beautiful director Susan Russell, who says Water bottles, metal cans and plastic snack packaging were some of the more common items they took out of the water. Volunteers also collected 177 tires.

A new study from Nest Cash, fines that Louisiana has the highest percentage of mortgages that are 90 or more days past due, but NestCash founder John Carter says that pales in comparison to where the state was at 18 years ago…

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Louisiana ranks 22nd nationally in foreclosure filing rate, with more than 29-hundred foreclosure filings in the first half of 2026 – that’s one out of every 724 housing units.