Rescuers search board by board for survivors

The WBAL Channel - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...

1 adult 2 juveniles arrested in connection with Montz fires

WDSU - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Beau Badeaux, 24, along with two male minors, ages 16 and 15, were arrested on three counts of aggravated arson each. Additionally, Badeaux was booked on six counts of delinquency of a ...

JPSO 2 Monday night Harvey shootings leave 2 men dead

WDSU - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Officers followed a trail of blood leading across the street to an open field in the 2200 block of Alex Kornman Street. There, officers found the body of 32-year-old Larry Wix. He was pronounced dead on the ...

Oil Tank Explodes in Louisiana

Neftegaz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

An oil tank has exploded in Louisiana, several miles outside of Baton Rouge, reported the Associated Press. The explosion, which happened late Thursday night near Denham Springs, prompted the evacuation of 30 to 35 homes. No injuries have been reported thus far. The fire is contained in a 200-square-footarea. One of two oil holding tanks that were at the scene ruptured and caught fire but ...

Okla. tornado death toll revised down to at least 24

Action 7 News - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A massive, howling tornado pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, chewing up homes and businesses, and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary ...

Okla. Medical examiner expects more bodies

The WBAL Channel - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...

Jefferson City doctor who received emergency suspension allowed back in medicine

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

When a ferocious storm hit De Soto High School dead-on in 2003, no children were hurt, thanks in part to the efforts of two track coaches who ...

Help The Victims Of The Oklahoma Tornadoes

CBS 4 - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A U.S. flag lays among debris in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013 following a tornado up to a mile wide which swept through the Oklahoma City ...

Delgado baseball team avoids Oklahoma tornado

WDSU - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Delgado baseball team was in Oklahoma competing for a shot to go to the Junior College World Series. Instead, they encountered a series of severe ...

Merging Could Secure The Future of Health Care in Jefferson Parish

WGNO - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Representatives from East and West Jefferson hospitals say a merger with a bigger hospital system is the works. For that to happen the rules have to be changed in the form of House Bill 383. This legislation would amend the current law which would now allow elected official to determine the hospital's fatenot voters. House Bill 383 has made it through the house and is expected to ...