Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorFour deaths turned our attention to a tiny town in Tangipahoa Parish Thursday, where our reporters found a massive rescue underway. Here's what we learned: A nursing home chain evacuated patients from seven facilities ahead of Hurricane Ida and placed them in a warehouse on the site of a defunct pesticide plant in Independence.More than 800 of them were left there to ride out the storm, which came dangerously close to the site during its northward ascent late Sunday.Sources tell us the conditions were squalid: evacuees languished in unchanged diapers, on deflated air mattresses and begged for help. State health officials, who were kicked off the property Wednesday, have launched an investigation with help from law enforcement.The man in charge of the nursing home empire is no stranger to regulatory scrutiny or litigation, and he's come under fire for a similar debacle after 1998's Hurricane Georges.We'll keep an eye on the story as it unfolds today. Meanwhile, some other news: The capital region is slowly getting its power restored. Here's what the status was by late Thursday. BREC will host day camps to give kids somewhere to go and something to do while schools are closed. Reporter Terry Jones has the details. If you've seen those dark plumes spewing from refineries, their operators say there's no cause for alarm. Here's what's going on with that. A 14-year-old boy who fled with family from Ida drowned while in Florida. Reporter Lea Skene filed this report about the tragedy.BRPD made a sixth and likely final arrest in the Memorial Day weekend shooting that left a toddler, a teen and a young man dead. Reporter Elyse Carmosino has the story. Before you go, we encourage you to sign up for our mobile alerts by texting “IDA” to (225) 351-0236. And because so many of us are dealing with spotty internet service, we rolled out an easier-to-load landing page — www.theadvocate.com/lite — for all hurricane-related updates. Bookmark it, share it, check it often. As always, thanks for reading! |
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| Four Louisiana nursing home residents have died and several hundred more have needed rescuing after seven nursing homes sent more than 800 … Read more |
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| Nursing home residents were still being evacuated from a warehouse Thursday afternoon in Independence after four of them died and hundreds … Read more |
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| The "vast majority" of customers in the greater Baton Rouge area will have power restored by Wednesday next week, the head of Entergy said … Read more |
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| Power outages alongside mangled trees, ruined crops and damaged grain elevators were early indications of Hurricane Ida's impact on Louisia… Read more |
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| We've always had hurricanes; climate change just makes them worse Read more |
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| Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre applauded local emergency responders in a news conference Thursday, and assured parish residents help … Read more |
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| A sixth suspect has been arrested in the murders of a toddler, a teenager and a young man at a Baton Rouge apartment pool over Memorial Day… Read more |
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| 'There shouldn't be any cause for alarm,' state environmental official says Read more |
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| 'This knocks the scab off, and you have to heal again,' pastor says Read more |
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