Authorities say no fatalities or major injuries are reported after an explosion at the Marathon Refinery plant in Garyville this morning. St. John Parish President Jaclyn Hotard says it happened shortly after 9 am.
Hotard says there are also no reported off-site impacts from the explosion and air quality is being monitored.
A shooting at a club rental in Alexandria kills a 17-year-old male and injures two others. Alexandria Police spokesperson Lt. Lane Windham says they were called to Club 318 just before midnight Saturday after shots were fired inside the building and they are looking into the nature of the event that was held.
Two other males a 16-year-old and 19-year old were also shot and had non-life-threatening injuries.
In six weeks, the NCAA men’s Final Four returns to New Orleans. The Superdome has hosted more Final Fours than any other venue, but this is the first since 2012. Governor John Bel Edwards started the unofficial countdown to the championship and touted the impact of the return of one of the nation’s biggest sporting events.
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The semifinals will be held on April 2nd with the Championship game on Monday, April 4th.
Louisiana Tech is renaming its biomedical engineering building after former long-time president Dr. Dan Reneau, who in 1972 started a biomedical engineering program. University spokesperson Tonya Oaks Smith says Dr. Reneau established the groundwork for future success…