The EPA has now taken the lead in the cleanup at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland after Friday’s the explosion that caused officials to call for a mandatory evacuation of a 1 mile radius. Among those evacuated were former Governor John Bel Edwards and his wife. A family associate says they’re safe and monitoring the situation. During a news conference Saturday morning, State Police Sergeant William Huggins says there were several small explosions in the hours after the initial explosion.
The evacuation remains in effect to give crews space for clean up.
Secretary of State Nancy Landry is promoting Voter Registration Week this week. Joel Watson with the Secretary of State office says this there are events throughout the state this week.
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This week marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. Jeanne (ZHAHN) Burns reports the storm changed some aspects of the state forever.
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Residents in the 3-1-8 area code now have to dial the area code plus the seven other numbers when making a call starting today. Starting September 25th, newly assigned phone numbers in north and central Louisiana will have a 4-5-7 area code. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell
He says they’ve run out of seven-digit numbers for the 3-1-8 area code…