Authorities say two men suspected of shooting out windows in more than 150 vehicles on Christmas Eve have been rebooked with more counts of criminal damage to property. Sheriff’s spokesman Col. John Fortunato tells The New Orleans Advocate that 19-year-old …
Two lawsuits have been filed against the cities of Vidalia, La., and Natchez, Miss., along with various other agencies in connection with a fatal Mississippi River bridge traffic accident. The Natchez Democrat reports that the accident happened Dec. 15 of …
Deaths involving pedestrians and bicyclists helped push the number of Louisiana highway deaths up last year, even as deaths of motor vehicles drivers decreased. Figures released Sunday by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission show highway deaths for 2012 totaled 722 …
The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract to build a floodwall on top of the existing Mississippi River levee in Plaquemines Parish, La., from Augusta to Oakville. The project is designed to reduce the risk of riverine flooding …
Louisiana officials could sue in an attempt to force the federal government to pay for certain coastal recovery and levee projects. The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority voted Tuesday to authorize two lawsuits against the U.S. Army Corps of …
Louisiana’s Department of Insurance has joined a lawsuit filed by Mississippi against the federal government to try to block rates from increasing Oct. 1 in the National Flood Insurance Program. Commissioner Jim Donelon said Wednesday that the department had filed …
Historian John Barry is helping launch a new organization formed to boost public support for a south Louisiana flood control board’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies over the loss of coastal wetlands that form a natural buffer protecting New …
For impaired drivers, alcohol is increasingly not the substance of choice that leads to trouble on Louisiana roads, a Lafayette judge said. City Court Judge Douglas Saloom told the DWI-Vehicular Homicide Task Force that state law needs to catch up …
Steep rate increases for flood insurance are hitting homeowners and businesses across south Louisiana, and state officials and business leaders warn the increases could severely damage local economies. Despite the calls for alarm, Gov. Bobby Jindal has largely stayed quiet …
With just five days remaining until liability insurance coverage for the Sorrento Police Department ends, town officials are quickly running out of options to continue police protection for the Louisiana residents. The Advocate reports options presented to council members at …