Last month’s oil spill from a terminal operated by the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP, is threatening the state’s oyster industry. Last month, a cargo transfer hose at the terminal located 18 miles offshore in Terrebonne Bay sprang a leak, spewing more than 31-thousand gallons of Venezuelan crude into the bay. Mitch Jurisich, the chairman of the Louisiana Oyster Task Force, says the oil has now made contact with the coast, which can spell disaster.
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About 250 people in Winn Parish were forced to evacuate as a wildfire threatened their homes. Fire District Three Chief Dustin Parker says the dry weather allowed the fire to grow to about two-thousand acres.
The fire is fully contained, and everyone who had been evacuated is now back home.
Three Ochsner hospitals are listed among the 250 top hospitals in the country by “Newsweek” magazine. They are Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center and Ochsner Medical Center Baton Rouge. Regional Medical Director Dr. Quentin Alleva says it’s a tremendous honor.
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It’s that time of year again – the time when workers everywhere focus on their brackets instead of focusing on work. I would say that includes us here at LRN, but following the action on the court is kind of our job – especially when it comes to the 12th seed in the South Region. McNeese is taking on Vanderbilt at this hour, as it looks to pull off a first-round upset for a second year in a row. Tonight in the women’s tournament, Southern takes on Samford in the First Four play-in round.