Rescue operations are still ongoing for a missing worker at the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans and officials are concerned heavy rains today and tomorrow could make the site even more unstable. New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell…
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The evacuation zone around the collapsed site has been expanded as two cranes outside of the building could fall. Two died when the building collapsed Saturday and a third person remains unaccounted for.
St. George is set to become the newest city in Louisiana following Saturday’s vote to incorporate the southeast corner of East Baton Rouge Parish. St. George spokesperson Drew Murrell says the new city should be up and running by January 1st…
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St. George’s population would be around 86-thousand, making it the fifth-largest city in Louisiana.
115-million dollars in federal grants is awarded to Louisiana schools. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The Lafayette Sheriff’s office says it has arrested a student as part of an investigation into the potential poisoning of a student at St. Thomas More High School. The juvenile has been charged with Aggravated Battery. The sheriff’s office is not releasing any other details.
And a freshman student at Alabama is facing charges after he allegedly called in a threat to LSU’s Tiger Stadium during the LSU-Florida game.