The Breakdown: Fresh produce boosts SNAP buying power with new program
NEW ORLEANS — In your Breakdown: a new program will beef up the buying power of SNAP benefits. Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services has officially launched a program it first announced in 2023. The program is beginning at 13 Walmart stores throughout the state. For every...
Car thief jumps off Twin-Span trying to avoid arrest says sheriff
An Arabi-area man stole a car then tried to avoid arrest by leaping off the I-10 Twin Span into Lake Pontchartrain, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office says.
Louisiana Searching for 1982 Dime Worth Up to $2,000
You might want to start digging through that change drawer because everyone is searching for a dime minted in 1982 that can fetch up to $2,000.
Severe racial disparities persist in Louisiana petrochemical jobs, new study finds
People of color are underrepresented in jobs at oil refineries and chemical plants across the country, according to a new peer-reviewed study, with some of the most extreme disparities in Louisiana. Differences in education do not explain these outcomes, the study found. The researchers at Tulane Law School and the...
Major Changes Coming To Sam’s Club In Louisiana
If you shop at Sam’s Club in Louisiana, you might notice something different next time you visit. We have all the details.
Three Louisiana Cities Among The Highest STD Rates In Country
(Lake Charles, Louisiana) - As they say, when you visit Louisiana be sure and try the crabs. Three Louisiana cities rank in the Top 100 U.S. Cities with the highest cases of STDs. STDs stands for Sexually Transmitted Diseases. They’re infections that are primarily passed from one person to another...
5 Historic Mansions in Louisiana Throw Open the Shutters and Let the Light In
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CWD Rules Changing for Louisiana Deer Hunters
During the April 3rd meeting of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, there was somewhat of an eerie feeling of fear and uncertainty, however commissioners have a plan to combat this feeling. It was during this meeting that the commission discussed their response to the discovery of a confirmed positive...
Longtime WWL news anchor, David Blake, dead at 71
Retired WWL morning news anchor David Blake died over the weekend. He was 71. Blake was the voice of WWL news in the mornings for 30 years before his retirement in 2019
Defend New Orleans, which just closed its shops, inspired ‘hope and pride’ after Katrina
After Hurricane Katrina forced a nationwide diaspora of New Orleanians, the displaced resonated with a simple message: Defend New Orleans. The slogan spawned in 2003, when founder Jac Currie started printing it on t-shirts that featured a grinning skull emblazoned with a fleur-de-lis above a musket. But after the...
