Authorities are investigating an offshore explosion on Saturday night in south Plaquemines Parish that killed one person. Sgt. Kate Stegall with Louisiana State Police says they got a call that a natural gas pipeline had exploded in a marshy area near Venice, and 40-year-old Joshua Nichols of Lake Charles was missing…
Cut 12 (12) “…Mr. Nichols’ body.”
No one else was injured in the explosion or resulting fire.
The Jennings Police Department arrested Thirty-two-year-old Hannah Faith Cormier, the mother of a ten-month old child that was left in a hot car for an hour and a half last week. She’s been charged with second-degree murder and one count of cruelty to juveniles. Cormier said she accidentally left her toddler in the car while she worked a shift at a local restaurant. Police Chief Danny Semmes says they interviewed several witnesses and examined electronic devices before her arrest.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is experiencing a lull due to the presence of dry, dusty air from the Sahara Desert, known as the Saharan Air Layer. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says this phenomenon, which occurs regularly during summer months, has drastically suppressed storm development in the Atlantic.…
Cut 3 (09) “…relatively quiet”
Governor Landry says the state is embarking on the largest broadband expansion program in the state’s history with the launch of Gumbo 2.0. This program will distribute one-point-three billion dollars in federal money to expand broadband. Director of the Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity Veneeth Iyengar predicts the digital divide will be eliminated in the next couple of years…