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'We cannot pump our way out,' Mayor LaToya Cantrell says in first comments on flooding
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 1 day agoSpeaking at the Sewerage and Water Board’s monthly meeting, Cantrell said 'we cannot pump our way...
Gov. Landry tours storm damage in West Feliciana Parish
WAFB Baton Rouge· 4 days agoThe area was hit hard by severe weather that brought tornadoes, hurricane force winds, hail, and ...
Disagreement over housing 17-year-old offenders creates confusion as new law looms
WBRZ 2 Baton Rouge· 1 day agoCity-parish wants 17-year-olds transferred from the Juvenile Detention Facility to the East Baton ...
Gov. Jeff Landry to declare State of Emergency to allocate resources to areas damaged by severe...
WBRZ 2 Baton Rouge· 3 days agoGov. Jeff Landry is expected to issue an executive order that would a State of Emergency for...
Gov. Landry to tour areas affected by extreme weather
WAFB Baton Rouge· 4 days agoLouisiana Governor Jeff Landry will travel to West Feliciana and St. Tammany parishes on Monday,...
Power outages abound as severe storms threaten floods, tornados in parts of US
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoMost of the outages were in West Feliciana, where an EF-1 tornado with winds between 86-110 mph ripped through the rural outpost just north of Baton Rouge
Section of Barnett Road to permanently close for Comite River Diversion Canal project
WAFB Baton Rouge· 4 days agoBeginning Monday, April 15, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District will close a...
Part of road closed near Zachary for Comite River Diversion Canal project
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHwy 61 and Bayou Baton Rouge.” The Comite River Diversion project aims to reduce the risk of ...
More attention could come to New Orleans' flood-prone underpasses
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans· 5 days agoCity councilman Oliver Thomas, who chairs the Public Works Committee, says it is time to do more.
Much desired cold front arrives Sunday
WAFB Baton Rouge· 2 days agoTemperatures will continue to trend well above normal to close out the week.