Governor John Bel Edwards says severe weather yesterday and early this morning is suspected to be responsible for four deaths so far in the Baton Rouge area and damage to large numbers of homes in parts of southwest Louisiana and southeast East Baton Rouge and upper Ascension Parish. While devastating Edwards is optimistic this prolonged weather event won’t turn out like the 2016 Floods…
State Representative Ray Garofalo says he’s out as House Education Chairman. The Legislative Black Caucus asked for Garofalo’s removal after he said there was good with slavery to go along with the bad and ugly. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says Garofalo made his controversial comment about slavery on April 26th and since then racial tensions have been high when that committee meets and Garofalo has tried to keep a low profile…
Lake Charles recorded its heaviest amount of rainfall on Monday according to the National Weather Service, Brooke Thorington has more from Mayor Nic Hunter as the city is still rebuilding after two hurricanes.
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The National Transportation Safety Board releases a preliminary report outlining an early idea of what happened to the capsized SeaCor Power. The report notes as the weather quickly turned dangerous crewmembers attempted to lower the vessel’s legs into the sea floor and turn the vessel into the wind. Before that maneuver was completed the vessel capsized.