Checkpoints at Texas border to close today
Fri, 05/01/2020 - 4:47pm
Checkpoints that have been in place on the Texas-Louisiana border for weeks will be closing today.
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Bishop endorses stay-at-home extension, says diocese preparing for resumption of public Mass
Fri, 05/01/2020 - 4:43pm
Public Masses will continue, but not until state and health officials say it’s okay, according to Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette.
Cleanup underway at tank fire site
Fri, 05/01/2020 - 4:43pm
Personnel from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Natural Resources were busy evaluating and cleaning up the site of a lightning strike that destroyed a tank ba
Gov.: Mid-May looks good for reopening
Thu, 04/30/2020 - 5:40pm
Thanks to the promised delivery of 200,000 coronavirus tests a month to Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said he feels a phased reopening of the state should start in mid-May.
Domestic abuse hotline launched to address reported rise in violence
Thu, 04/30/2020 - 3:59pm
Penny Appeal USA has announced a new domestic violence hotline to serve the increasing cases of domestic abuse due to the COVID-19 outbreak.