The Louisiana Office of Conservation has modified orders requiring Texas Brine Co. LLC to assess the status of sediments under an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish, prompting the company to withdraw a lawsuit filed last month against the state. …
A former Prairieville, La., resident is accused of stealing more than $215,000 from workers’ compensation cases and a service firm that managed those cases for insurance companies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cam T. Le said in a court filing that Cynthia …
Repairs are underway to strengthen Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center against future hurricanes. The work, which includes replacement of hospital freight elevators, windows and exterior walls, will be paid for with Federal Emergency Management Agency grant money and state infrastructure …
Baker High School needs more than $4 million in repairs and upgrades. That’s according to a new report by Baton Rouge, La., engineering consulting firm Volkert Inc. The Baker School Board agreed in August to pay the company $10,000 to …
Five people have been arrested on various charges after Union Parish sheriff’s investigators started an undercover operation into illegal purchasing of copper at a Farmerville, La., scrap metal business. Sheriff Bob Buckley tells The News-Star his department received a number …
Louisiana driver’s licenses still don’t comply with federal law, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted the state a temporary break. That means travelers won’t need passports to fly within the United States, the American Press reports. The …
New Orleans pie maker Simon Hubig Company Inc., whose Louisiana plant was destroyed in a blaze six months ago, has sued the Kenner company that created and maintained its fire suppression system. The Times-Picayune reported the lawsuit, filed in New …
Louisiana transportation officials say boaters should be cautious but they do not have to avoid going under the Interstate 210 bridge. The American Press reports that protective netting extends across the main channel and about 125 feet beyond the channel …
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development says cable barriers will be installed to protect about 28 miles of roadway in Bossier and Webster parishes at a cost of $5 million. Cable barriers are designed to prevent head-on collisions by …
Authorities say a historic church in Bogalusa, La., has been destroyed by a fire. Firefighters tell WDSU-TV that Bethlehem Baptist Church on East 7th Street caught on fire about 4 a.m. Sunday. The three-alarm fire destroyed what was the oldest …