Portions of the Central Plains and Mississippi Valley and much of the East Coast were still expected to see temperatures approaching nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).
Dozens of businesses were issued permits on July 15, 2019, by the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC) to allow the legal sale of hemp-derived CBD products.
A proposed massive overhaul of the protection system to correct mapping mistakes and other errors would lift the prohibition for more than 900 other structures along the East Coast from New Hampshire to Virginia.
Police in Bryant, Arkansas sent out an urgent alert requesting members of the public to stop all criminal activity due to sweltering heat being felt around the country.
The recently created Capital Area Road and Bridge District (CARB-D) is officially looking for a firm to conduct final studies the federal government requires for construction to begin on a new bridge.
Attorneys representing Ronn Jermaine Bell, Sr., the man accused of strangling Baton Rouge icon, Sadie Roberts-Joseph, before allegedly abandoning her body in the trunk of a car, accused investigators of using chunks of hair snatched from Bell’s head without consent to falsely link him to the crime.
The rain has come and gone, but if you picked up sandbags in preparation for Barry, chances are they might still be lying around your home or business.
A FOX 8 investigation uncovers new documents regarding the radioactive material found under a Gert Town street. One document says there is still Radium-226 and other contaminants in the ground. But, one state agency says a sweep of the neighborhood just yesterday found no issues.
Governor John Bel Edwards and Methanex executive, Mark Allard, announced Friday, July 19 that the company will make at least a $1.3 billion investment to build a third methanol plant in Geismar.
While most were preparing for the brunt of Hurricane Barry, animal shelters around the area were scrambling to get pets out of the way and into a safe home. Many of those dogs ended up in a Good Samaritan’s shop and now need to be adopted.
A Baton Rouge man has been arrested and charged with numerous counts of cruelty to juveniles, among other things, after allegedly beating three children over the course of more than 10 years.
