Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), member of the Senate Banking Committee, wrote to committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Friday, calling for a hearing to examine Risk Rating 2.0, a new rating system under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man died when his fastmoving car hit a school bus at an intersection Monday morning, and the bus driver was injured, New Orleans police said. There weren’t any students on the bus when it was hit about 9:17 a.m. Monday in eastern New Orleans, a news release said.
LAPLACE (AP) — Nine people under 18 were injured and two of them remained in the hospital Monday following a weekend shooting at a 12-year-old’s birthday party in Louisiana that was rooted in an ongoing feud, authorities said.
CROWLEY – The Jennings Bulldogs won a wild and crazy, back-and-forth contest over the Kinder Yellow Jackets Friday night by a final of 13-10 at Miller Stadium in Crowley. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Kinder, however it was moved to the newly artificially turfed Miller Stadium do to heavy rains. The win upped the Bulldogs’ overall record to 11-15, and has them sitting at No. 13 in the latest 3A power ratings according to geauxpreps.com.
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association announced their annual Softball playoff pairings for the 2021 season late Friday afternoon. As expected, all four softball-playing schools in Jeff Davis Parish saw their names called when the brackets were released. Jennings High School, Lake Arthur High School, Welsh High School and Lacassine High School all earned berths in their respective classifications.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana would set up a statewide accountability system to grade the condition of its community water systems, under a bill that has started advancing in the state Senate.
