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Several residents gathered for a workshop in Mandeville to learn how FEMA's new flood insurance rates might affect their properties.more>> Several residents gathered for a workshop in Mandeville to learn how FEMA's new flood insurance rates might affect their properties.more>> "Two women were arrested and one's husband is sought after St. Bernard Parish narcotics agents broke up a small meth lab behind a Chalmette house."more>> "Two women were arrested and one's husband is sought after St. Bernard Parish narcotics agents broke up a small meth lab behind a Chalmette house late Wednesday afternoon, acting on information that three young children in the house could be in danger."
more>> Officer John Ray, a 37-year veteran, was indicted last December on a felony charge of public bribery. He pleaded not guilty at trial, and Wednesday jurors agreed.
more>> Officer John Ray, a 37-year veteran, was indicted last December on a felony charge of public bribery. He pleaded not guilty at trial, and Wednesday jurors agreed.
more>> Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes it a crime for journalists or anyone else to publicly identify concealed handgun permit holders or applicants.more>> Despite criticism it would violate the First Amendment, Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes it a crime for journalists or anyone else to publicly identify concealed handgun permit holders or applicants.more>> Mandeville police have booked the owner of a Metairie moving company with extortion and more arrests are expected soon.more>> Mandeville police have booked the owner of a Metairie moving company with extortion and more arrests are expected soon.more>> The president of St. Tammany Parish says she's moving ahead with efforts to take control of the coroner's finances, in spite of a lawsuit challenging that effort.
more>> The president of St. Tammany Parish says she's moving ahead with efforts to take control of the coroner's finances, in spite of a lawsuit challenging that effort. Pat Brister says a new financial report gives good reason why the takeover needs to take place.
more>> Each summer, massive areas of the usually fertile Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds become uninhabitable to most sea life.
more>> Each summer, massive areas of the usually fertile Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds become uninhabitable to most sea life. FOX 8 spoke with a scientist who says this year the "dead zone" may be the largest since monitoring began in 1985.
more>> By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.more>> By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.more>> Federal agents say a bank robber wearing a reflective work vest held up the Gulf Coast Bank branch in Mid-City early Wednesday afternoon.
more>> Federal agents say a bank robber wearing a reflective work vest held up the Gulf Coast Bank branch in Mid-City early Wednesday afternoon.
more>> Violence at Orleans Parish Prison forced deputies to send four inmates to the emergency room all on the same day.more>> Violence at Orleans Parish Prison forced deputies to send four inmates to the emergency room all on the same day.more>>
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Owners of a failed brine storage cavern say they're working as fast as possible on a state order for work at the Assumption Parish sinkhole.
Spokesman Sonny Cranch says Texas Brine Co. lawyers will review a $100,000 fine ordered Saturday by state Conservation Commissioner James Welsh.
Welsh says the company's too slow in three areas: installing air monitors and improved ventilation in slab homes around the sinkhole; installing a system to prevent more waterway contamination; and drilling new wells to burn off natural gas.
Residents of 150 Bayou Corne-area homes evacuated in August because natural gas was leaking into the underground water supply and the sinkhole was expanding.
It has grown from less than one acre to eight acres.
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