NBA YoungBoy arrested on drug and firearm charges in Louisiana… and his girlfriend is pregnant

NBA YoungBoy arrested on drug and firearm charges in Louisiana… as it’s revealed his girlfriend Yaya Mayweather is pregnant By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 18:49 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 18:49 BST, 29 September 2020 YoungBoy Never Broke Again was arrested along with 15 others in his native Louisiana on Monday night on … Read more

Tropical Storm Beta heads towards Texas and Louisiana with 10million Americans given storm warnings

Tropical Storm Beta steamrolled through the Gulf of Mexico with forecasts of flooding, heavy rainfall and storm surges expected to inundate Southern states, leaving more than 10 million American under storm warnings. The National Hurricane Service on Sunday revealed that Tropical Storm Beta will likely make landfall Monday in the  storm-battered states of Louisiana and … Read more

Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in Louisiana and says he knows the state will ‘rebuild it fast’

President Donald Trump got a firsthand look Saturday at the damage from Hurricane Laura as he traveled to Louisiana and then Texas to inspect the cleanup response.  The president had words of encouragement for Louisiana as he said he knew the state would ‘rebuild it fast’ and praised the work of first responders and law … Read more

Hurricane Laura leaves Louisiana neighborhoods in ruins

Hurricane Laura, one of the strongest to ever strike the U.S., barreled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs, killing at least six people and maintaining ferocious strength while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland. Aerial photos have laid bare the extent of the destruction caused by the Category 4 storm, that left … Read more

Hurricane Laura will bring ‘unsurvivable storm surge’ and hit Texas and Louisiana as Category 4

Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday, raising fears that it could come ashore as a catastrophic Category 4 storm with an ‘unsurvivable’ 20-foot storm surge that could sink entire communities in Texas and Louisiana.  Laura grew nearly 70 per cent in power in just 24 hours to reach Category 3 status, and it showed no … Read more

CDC report reveals coronavirus spread to 72% of inmates exposed in Louisiana

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report suggests that one coronavirus test may not be enough to be sure that someone has not been infected after exposure.  The report, published Monday, found that more than 70 percent of inmates at a Louisiana prison who were exposed to someone infected with coronavirus ultimately … Read more

Gordon Ramsay eats swamp rat stew in Louisiana for new series

Gordon Ramsay turns viewers’ stomachs as he tucks into SWAMP RAT stew… but he insists it’s delicious! By Rebecca Lawrence For Mailonline Published: 16:08 BST, 22 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 22 June 2020 As a renowned foodie there aren’t many dishes that could faze him.  So Gordon Ramsay didn’t think twice as he … Read more

Louisiana activist rips school board member for ‘shopping’ during debate on renaming Lee High School

Baton Rouge activist rips into school board member after catching her ‘online shopping’ during a debate on renaming Lee High School after the Confederate general she had defended for ‘freeing his slaves’ Gary Chambers, who was a candidate for the Louisiana state senate last year, called on Connie Bernard to resign at a school board … Read more

More than 70% of coronavirus patients who died in 40 Louisiana hospitals were black, study finds

More than 70 percent of hospitalized coronavirus patients who died in one Louisiana health system were black, a disturbing new study found.  Of the patients hospitalized for COVID-19, more than 76 percent were black. Only about a third of the community served by the Ochsner Health system is black.  The new research, published in the … Read more

Scientists say 5,800 square miles of Louisiana wetlands could disappear within 50 years

Rising sea levels could leave more than 5,800 square miles of Louisiana wetlands underwater within 50 years, according to a new study New research from Tulane University shows the Louisiana coastline is at risk Rising sea levels of between six and nine millimeters a year would wipe out the Louisiana marshlands and parts of New … Read more