A block party of hundreds in Crowley ends in tragedy after gunfire erupts while police were dispersing the event Sunday. Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard says the unauthorized gathering was reported by concerned neighbors just after midnight Sunday and while police arrived to break it up two were fatally shot and another injured. Broussard says the party was a bad idea…
Work has begun on a 54.9 million dollar restoration of the North Breton Island wildlife sanctuary, a vital brown pelican habitat just east of Plaquemines Parish. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson Taylor Pool says the project will add 400 acres of land, more than doubling the island’s size…
North Breton Island was named a National Wildlife Refuge in 1904 by President Theodore Roosevelt.
State Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry is retiring this week after 24 years. Guidry says during his tenure he’s seen how far the state has advanced when responding to disasters, from witnessing lives unnecessarily lost in Katrina to saving lives by being proactive with natural disasters.
Guidry became state health officer in 1996.
Despite strong objections, President Donald Trump has signed a 900-billion dollar pandemic relief package that will result in many Americans receiving a 600-dollar stimulus check. ULM Political Science Professor Doctor Joshua Stockley says many on Capitol Hill were blindsided when the President initially said he would not sign the legislation
President Trump last week called the 600 dollar checks disgraceful and called for 2,000 dollar checks instead.