Apr 16 Coast Guard divers hope to reach 12 missing in capsized ship By Stacey Plaisance, Kevin McGill, Jeff Martin, Associated Press Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized lift boat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday. The effort to rescue 12 missing people has been complicated by daunting technical challenges and continued bad weather. Continue reading
Mar 17 Millions across Southeast bracing for potential tornadoes By Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of schools, COVID-19 vaccination clinics, businesses and more shut down across the Deep South on Wednesday as forecasters warned of waves of severe weather including massive tornadoes, downpours and hail the size of tennis balls. Continue reading
Feb 16 Canceled parades and closed bars make for muted Mardi Gras By Kevin McGill, Associated Press Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all were expected to prevent what New Orleans usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season. Continue reading
Dec 30 Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies at 41 from COVID-19 By Associated Press The state's newest congressman, set to take office in January, was admitted to a Monroe hospital on Dec. 19 after testing positive for the coronavirus disease. Continue reading
Nov 16 Louisiana landlords sue over CDC eviction moratorium By Associated Press Louisiana landlords have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a moratorium on evictions ordered by the CDC to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus. Continue reading
Nov 02 Gulf storm damage causes polling place moves, power outages By Melinda Deslatte, Kim Chandler, Associated Press Thousands of voters in southwest Louisiana will be casting ballots in different locations Tuesday because Hurricane Laura wrecked their traditional polling sites in late August. Continue reading
Oct 30 One Louisiana island tries to make sense of Hurricane Zeta’s toll By Matthew Hinton, Kevin McGill, Associated Press Toppled utility poles and debris from damaged buildings litter much of Grand Isle, Louisiana, a vulnerable barrier island community where residents were among the first to witness the ferocity of Hurricane Zeta. Continue reading
Oct 30 ‘Our heart breaks’: South digs out from Zeta’s wrath By Jeff Amy, Kevin McGill, Associated Press Hurricane Zeta has come and gone, but residents across the South are still digging out from the Category 2 storm that made landfall in Louisiana before racing northeast and out to sea. Continue reading
Oct 28 Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Louisiana By Kevin McGill, Rebecca Santana, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Zeta has crashed ashore in storm-weary Louisiana as a powerful Category 2 storm, striking the latest blow of an extraordinarily busy Atlantic tropical storm season. Continue reading
Oct 25 Roads to Election 2020: What, why and how Americans are voting this election By PBS NewsHour Weekend PBS NewsHour Weekend criss-crossed the country including key battleground states to speak to voters about issues they most care about and how they plan to vote. We also spoke with reporters at our partner public media stations across the nation… Continue reading