Latest New Orleans News
RSS-
Live coverage LSU vs. North Carolina
During the course of the 2013 college baseball season, an eventual matchup between LSU and North Carolina seemed destined for the College World ...
-
UPDATE 3-Major natgas pipeline explodes in Louisiana area evacuated
Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:21pm EDT * Part of Florida Gas Transmission line shut after explosion * Fifty-five residents evacuated * Florida gas prices up, in line with other regions By Edward McAllister and Eileen Houlihan June 18 (Reuters) - A major natural gas pipeline exploded on Tuesday in Washington Parish, Louisiana, destroying a mobile home and causing an evacuation of the area but no injuries ...
-
Surveillance stopped NYSE bomb plot
Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on ...
More New Orleans News
RSS-
Sheriff Ex-employee steals $200 from Subway to support ‘MoJo’ habit
Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on Tuesday. Gen. Keith ...
-
Forbes New Orleans fastest-growing city from 2007-12
Click here to view the study. The 28.2 percent increase was more than 10 percent greater than the No. 2 city on the list, Chula Vista, Calif. "Its fast growth is partially a rebound effect from its massive population loss after Katrina, but is also a function of a striking economic revival that I have seen firsthand as a consultant in the area," wrote study author Joel Kotkin. ...
-
Photos What will cities look like if sea level rises
These photos depict what some U.S. cities would look like if sea level rises 25 feet, as predicted by a 2009 Nature study and 2012 Science journal ...
-
Judge dismisses lawsuit to stop Dixie Brewery Co. demolition
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Dixie Brewing Co. in an effort to stop any demolition of the building which is now part of the new VA hospital under construction in New ...
-
Gas line explosion rocks Louisiana town sends residents packing
View results An early morning gas line explosion on Tuesday sent residents of one Louisiana community packing, as emergency responders rushed to extinguish the flames and contain the fire.';We’ve evacuated around 55 people,'; said one emergency responder, in a WWL-TV report. ';There have been no fatalities; no one died. There’s no injuries.'; Firefighters have the ...
-
BESE to consider funds for Course Choice program
program BATON ROUGE - The state education board is being asked to allocate $2 million for a pilot program to expand online high school course offerings to public school students. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education considers Tuesday the funding plan for the "Course Choice" program to begin in the 2013-14 school year. Initial plans were to finance the program through the ...
-
Officials disclose thwarted terror plots
Plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange were among more than 50 stopped by secret surveillance programs, the director of the National Security Agency and other officials disclosed ...
-
Livingston Parish girl in national Braille contest finals
Chloe Ashford won a regional contest at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, in the category for students in grades 7-9. She will compete in the "junior varsity" division against 11 other ...
-
FBI Surveillance programs foiled NY terror plots
An FBI official said Tuesday that secret surveillance programs helped thwart separate terrorist plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange by linking known suspects in Pakistan and Yemen to contacts in the United ...
-
Explosion on Florida Gas Pipeline in Louisiana - company
NEW YORK, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:05am EDT NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Energy Transfer Partners LP said an explosion occurred on its Florida Gas Transmission pipeline in Washington County in Louisiana on Tuesday, shutting a section of the line. No injuries were reported, a company spokeswoman said. Natural gas was rerouted to customers along other sections of the Florida Gas ...
-
Black Louisiana senator flees Democratic party Free at last
View results Louisiana State Sen. Elbert Guillory said in a video message delivered to constituents - and particularly, his fellow black voters - that he’s finally come to his senses and realized the Democratic Party disguises an all-consuming quest for control as concern and aid for minorities.The senator announced his defection from the Democratic Party for the Republican Party a few ...
-
OSHA Investigating Second Chemical Plant Explosion In Louisiana
another chemical plant exploded in the state , killing one person and injuring seven. The CF Industries Holdings plant in Donaldsonville manufactures nitrogen, and the company is the largest producer of nitrogen in the country. This is the worst accident at the plant in 13 years. The explosion occurred in a section of the plant that had been shut down for maintenance when workers are thought to ...
-
Gas line explodes in Washington Parish Thousands without power
View images from the scene Some structures may have been damaged in the blast. Law enforcement and Hazmat crews were at the scene. The fire was out about 7 a.m. and nearly 10,000 were without power in the Parish, officials said. Some residents were asked to evacuate the area. No further information was immediately available. Stay with WDSU.com and WDSU News for more information as it ...
-
UPDATE 1-Gas explosion reported in Washington Parish Louisiana
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:49am EDT (Adds pipeline details) June 18 (Reuters) - An explosion at a gas line or gas plant about 80 miles north of New Orleans knocked out power to about 10,000 customers on Tuesday, according to local reports. The explosion occurred in the town of Enon, according to the reports. The sheriff's office in Washington Parish said its officers and other first responders were ...
-
Hope in Afghanistan amid handover diplomacy
Afghan forces formally took over security responsibilities for their violence-plagued country from NATO-led troops on Tuesday, marking a key transition in the long and costly war. President Hamid Karzai also announced that a government group dedicated to Afghan peace and reconciliation will go to the Gulf state of Qatar and participate in talks with the Taliban militant group -- long the ...
-
Huge explosion reported in New Orleans
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
-
2nd Victim Dies After Blast at Geismar Louisiana Chemical Plant
An explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant claimed a second victim on June 14 as federal authorities were piecing together the cause of the blast that injured dozens more. Scott Thrower, 47, of St. Amant, died at Baton Rouge General Hospital’s burn center, said State Police Capt. Doug Cain. According to company officials, Thrower was an operations supervisor and had worked for ...
New Orleans Focus
-
New Orleans under threat from misconceptions
Looking toward the end of the year and 2011, there are two major challenges facing the city of New Orleans, the misconception created by the oil spill and the massive budget deficit that needs to be filled at a time when the city is still recovering from the devastation of Katrina in 2005.
New Orleans is a city famous for many things, as the setting of A Streetcar Named Desire, as the host city of the famous Mardi Gras, which is one of the most visited events in America, as a major hub for jazz and blues musicians and as the most celebrated city of the American South. Read more
News from around our Network
