The price of oil has rebounded to over 30 dollars a barrel after sinking to negative numbers just a month ago. An industry survey indicated producers were bracing for massive layoffs, but LSU Center for Energy Studies Executive Director David Dismukes says if prices stay over 35 a barrel, we should only lose 5,000 of the state’s 35,000 oil workers.
A woman is dead and two juveniles were taken to the hospital after a train collided with their stalled out vehicle in Webster Parish. State Police Trooper Brent Hardy says 51-year-old Rebecca Woodard of Minden and one juvenile were attempting to push the vehicle when the train came into view.
Woodard was transported to the hospital where she later died. The juvenile in the vehicle sustained moderate injuries.
27 year old woman is dead and nine people are being treated at a hospital from severe weather that hit a rural area in northeast Acadia Parish last night. The one fatality took place on Prudence Highway north of Church Point. Sheriff KP Gibson says the loss of life could have been much worse as many residents were unprepared for the impact of the severe weather.
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The search continues for the gunmen involved in a mass shooting that wounded 13 people in Bogalusa Saturday night. Authorities say between 500 to 800 people gathered at an intersection to remember the life of Dominique James, who was recently murdered. Washington Parish Sheriff Randy Seal says various factors contribute to the city’s crime problem that produced the mass shooting.