Today's top headlines.
with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorHappy Fourth of July! Let's run you through some of our latest stories.
'The water's coming in'Without more sand, Louisiana's barrier islands shrink and grow costlier to maintain as sea levels rise. Our writer Halle Parker teamed up with freelance photographer Virginia Hanusik and Southerly to cover the issue as part of the Pulitzer Center's Connected Coastlines reporting initiative. Here's their story.
Lightning strikesFires sparked by lightning from Friday night's storm damaged a house in Baton Rouge and the Shintech chemical plant in Plaquemine.
Sharp downpourFriday's storm dumped some 7 inches of rain in a few-hour span Friday, causing flash flooding in northeastern Ascension Parish. David Mitchell has the story.
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 | Thirty years have passed since LSU baseball won its first national championship. To the players and coaches on that team, the title feels as relevant and special as ever. Read more |
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 | Without more sand, Louisiana’s barrier islands shrink and grow costlier to maintain as sea levels rise Read more |
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 | Firefighters on Friday doused a lightning-struck house fire off University Lake, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said. Read more |
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 | Plans to add about 1,100 new publicly-funded preschool slots for 3- and 4-year-olds in Baton Rouge are nearing reality. Read more |
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 | Lightning struck the Shintech manufacturing facility in Plaquemine causing a fire, company representatives said. Read more |
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 | BURNSIDE — A long-awaited fix to traffic on the busy La. 44 corridor between Gonzales and Burnside in Ascension Parish is likely two-to-thr… Read more |
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 | Authorities are investigating a Friday night crash on I-12 by I-55 in Tangipahoa Parish that claimed the life of a 54-year-old Alabama man,… Read more |
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 | Now that sports betting bills passed by the Legislature have been signed into law, the first legal bets in Louisiana could be placed at the… Read more |
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 | A Houston oil company that grew into one of the largest producers in the Gulf of Mexico before going bust last year is planning to abandon … Read more |
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