A large wildfire in Beauregard Parish in southwest Louisiana has led to evacuations. Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness spokesperson Mike Steele says the town of Merryville is under a voluntary evacuation and residents on Neale Oil Field Road have been told they must leave as this wildfire has impacted five-thousand acres…
Steele says there have been 357 wildfires reported this month.
A new poll shows Republican Jeff Landry with a big lead in the governor’s race. In the survey of 800 likely voters, Landry with 36 percent of the vote. Democrat Shawn Wilson with 26 percent. LA Politics.com Jeremy Alford says the poll shows Wilson collected 60 percent of the Democratic vote.
High-profile attorney Ben Crump is demanding the U-S Justice Department pursue federal civil rights charges against the officers involved in the 2019 police custody death of Ronald Greene. Crump believes this is a slam dunk case because police body camera video shows excessive force was used as officers attempted to arrest Greene following a lengthy police chase…
Body-camera footage shows officers kicking and punching Greene.
We’re all depending on our air conditioners to keep us cool and safe these days. Home improvement expert Paul LaGrange of LaGrange Consulting says because your A/C is working overtime, change your return air filter monthly, even if the instructions say every 90 days.
And if you’ve been told you have a small return air space, he says to buy a less restrictive filter. He says if it whistles you want a thinner filter.