What was the response to the inaugural Love Our Waterways month in Louisiana? Andrew Greenstein has the numbers.
Cut 1 (34) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”
Former Southwood High School Band Director Lennard Holden has been indicted on charges of child pornography. According to court documents the indictment alleges that Holden asked a minor victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct and produce a video of the activity. Holden faces 15 years to 30 years in federal prison if convicted on all charges.
When it comes to foreclosures, each of Louisiana’s biggest metropolitan areas is at an elevated risk. That’s according to a new study by NestCash, which did a county-by-county analysis of foreclosure risk across the country. NestCash Founder John Carter says Louisiana’s mortgage delinquency rate is the highest in the country.
Cut 3 (10) “…national 0.9-percent.”
Carter says the foreclosure risk is highest in Orleans Parish, followed by Evangeline, St. John the Baptist, Sabine, Caddo and East Baton Rouge parishes.
According to State Climatologist Jay Grymes the drought in Louisiana is intensifying and as a result of the dry conditions wildfires are becoming an ever-increasing problem as well…
Grymes adds that preliminary numbers from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry suggest as many as 80-plus fires in the state in recent weeks.