Frances Ayres Handy was about to step into the shower when she saw a flash in the living room out of the corner of her eye Saturday morning. Within minutes, her St. Charles Street home was in flames and she found herself fleeing to safety with the help of neighbors. A drone battery charging on […]
WISCONSIN (CNN) — A live frog is not something you would ever imagine finding while unpacking groceries. But that is what one family found in a Simple Truth Salad container they picked up from a Pick’n Save in Wisconsin. The family said they wanted to return the container of organic salad with the frog inside but it […]
DALLAS (CNN) — A social media rivalry between two Dallas rappers led to a shooting that left a 9-year-old girl dead days before school started, police said. Brandoniya Bennett was struck in the head by a bullet on Wednesday as she sat on a couch inside an apartment building in the Old East Dallas section […]
(CNN) — He didn’t want a party, toys or video games for his birthday. Instead a 12-year-old Indiana boy said he wanted to share his love of cooking with the less fortunate. Sugar and spice makes everything nice with the perfect amount of love, skill and affection. Elijah Foster is a 12-year-old chef known for […]
NEW ORLEANS (U.S. Coast Guard P.A)- The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water in New Orleans, Saturday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 9:03 a.m. of a person entering the water from a walkway near the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. The person […]
WALMART- There is increased police presence at some Walmart stores in nationally, due to a social media threat thought to be based out of Texas. The reported threat is said to be directed at Walmart stores nationally. Some police departments say they are taking precautionary measures with added police presence.
ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) – Some Saint Landry Parish residents are more at ease following the roundup, others say it’s unnecessary. As the name states, operation Back to School in St. Landry law enforcement’s way of cleaning the streets as students head back the classroom. “We just want them to know that we want […]
As we reported earlier in the week, Louisiana football head coach Billy Napier announced at Wednesday’s press conference a new program that would have scholarship players join the Ragin’ Cajun Athletic Foundation at the $50 level. Napier said it was about gratitude and developing a program with pride. “It’s about gratitude,” Napier said. “All players, […]
The man accused in the death of Shreveport Officer Chateri Payne pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges. Glenn Frierson pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Frierson was arrested in January in connection with Officer Payne’s death. Court documents say when police […]
NEW ORLEANS — Longtime FOX8 Anchor Nancy Parker was one of two people killed when a plane went down in New Orleans East Friday afternoon. Fox 8 WVUE confirms that Nancy Parked died in a plane crash while reporting in New Orleans East on Friday, Aug. 16. The second person who died in the crash […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic “Easy Rider,” has died. His family said in a statement that Fonda died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. […]
Delcambre is a major hub for Louisiana’s shrimp industry. Local fishermen say imported seafood hurts the state’s seafood industry. And that’s why many are celebrating a new state law. The Louisiana seafood industry has an economic impact of $2.4 billion. The new seafood labeling law is another weapon in the fight against imported shrimp and […]
It wasn’t your imagination, July was the hottest month recorded since records began in the 1880’s. Trying to stay cool can and keep your electric bill under control can both be challenging. LUS gives conservation tips to help you accomplish both of those goals.
A controversial abortion bill may soon get a re-do in Congress. Republicans in the House have demanded a vote on the “Born Alive Abortion Survivors Act,” but democrats have refused to take up the legislation. Tom McClusky of March For Life says, the Born Alive Act mandates medical care for a fetus that survives an […]
WISNER, La. — (8/16/19) A missing child in Franklin Parish was found dead by deputies on Thursday. The Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Department said they got a 9-1-1 call around 12:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon about a missing child in Wisner. The mother told deputies that the 1-year-old child had been playing in the yard with other […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey regulators have revoked the nursing license of a woman caught on security cameras stabbing a teenager with autism with syringes when he failed to comply with her instructions, officials said Thursday. The state attorney general’s Division of Consumer Affairs announced in a news release that the New Jersey […]