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Police are searching for a man accused of opening fire into crowds standing outside a gas station and injuring two people early Sunday morning. The Plaquemine Police Department said Shannon Holmes Jr.,More >>
Police said the man accused of opening fire into crowds standing outside a gas station early Sunday morning turned himself in to authorities early Monday morning.More >>
Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.More >>
The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.More >>
An Oregon girl abducted as a baby and missing for 18 years finally emerged in Dallas this week when her mother turned herself in to authorities, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Department. More >>
An Oregon girl abducted as a baby and missing for 18 years finally emerged in Dallas this week when her mother turned herself in to authorities, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Department.More >>
Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of an 8-year-old Louisiana boy. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office reported on its Facebook page the body of Owen Black was found around 1 p.m. Sunday. Sheriff DavidMore >>
Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of an 8-year-old Louisiana boy. Officials said it is believed he drowned, but an investigation is ongoing.More >>
A 12-year-old boy accidentally shot his 8-year-old brother in the shoulder Saturday afternoon, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. The injury is not life-threatening. The accidentMore >>
Investigators said a 12-year-old boy faces charges after accidentally shooting his 8-year-old brother Saturday. The injury is not considered life-threatening. More >>
BAYOU CORNE, LA (WAFB) -
Members of a Louisiana National Guard crew that flew over the giant sink hole in Assumption Parish reported it is now larger.
The helicopter crew used infrared equipment to observe a 10 to 20 foot growth on the north and south ends.
Officials have ordered Texas Brine, the company responsible for a salt cavern in the Bayou Corne area, to immediately drill a relief well to investigate.
Meanwhile, scientists with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality were on site testing Thursday for naturally occurring radioactive materials.
"We're doing it now because it's a site that was used for oil and gas production and that's basically a site that you will see and that's typically a site that you will see this type of material," said Rodney Mallet with DEQ. "We're doing it now because we've been taking exploratory air and water samples since July13 and we're doing it out of an abundance of caution."
