Three lawsuits have been filed in the wake of a crash that killed two Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center employees and injured two others. Authorities say 27-year-old Ronnie Rios was driving Oct. 15, 2010, when he swerved into the oncoming …
An East Baton Rouge Parish man claims he suffered hallucinations and injuries last fall after smoking a product labeled “potpourri/incense.” The Advocate reports that John Alexander Radford has sued the owners of the store where he allegedly bought the product. …
President Obama signed a disaster declaration Friday for eight Louisiana parishes, making federal aid available to governments and some nonprofit agencies to help cover emergency work and damage repair from Tropical Storm Lee in early September. Governments in East and …
Thibodaux Police have already made 100 drunk-driving arrests this year, four times the number posted in all of 2010. Thibodaux’s new Police Chief Scott Silverii tells The Daily Comet of Thibodaux that the increase results from finding problem areas and …
More than six years after Hurricane Katrina’s rampage, authorities have taken only halting steps toward identifying weaknesses in a nationwide patchwork of levees intended to protect millions of Americans’ lives and property during potentially catastrophic floods. The U.S. Army Corps …
The Chef Menteur Pass bridge in New Orleans is closed after a barge hit the structure Wednesday. The Coast Guard says a cement barge being towed by the Shannan C and Portier I struck the bridge about 11:15 a.m. The …
Fifty additional homes have been added to a federal repair program for people in St. John the Baptist Parish whose houses were damaged by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The Times-Picayune reports the parish council on Tuesday awarded the additional work …
A Thibodaux man killed in a weekend traffic accident was driving with a suspended license. Thirty-four-year-old Danny Young and a passenger, 28-year-old Maria Harry, died in the Saturday night accident. State police said the car Young was driving left the …
No matter what the language, school officials cannot punish students for what they say about teachers from home on Facebook, the American Civil Liberties Union says in a lawsuit filed for a Brusly High School student and his family. The …
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is retaining his elected post. Donelon, a Republican from Metairie, sailed to re-election Saturday. He defeated little-known Democrat Donald Hodge, who criticized Donelon for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from insurance companies. …