A commission has recommended grants be awarded to several juvenile jails, including one in East Baton Rouge Parish and one in ...

"As a researcher who has closely observed, personally experienced local struggles," says the writer, Bethany Garfield, "it’s ...

Mark Mayer and his wife couldn’t start their generator for the third disaster in a row. The two attended their first council ...

(WVUE) - The District 1 seat on the Jefferson Parish Council is up for grabs after a former council member Marion Edwards ... including the devastation of Hurricane Ida in 2021. He says leading his ...

New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity in 2022 pledged to invest $4.5 million over the next two years to rebuild more ...

Resident Erin Norton recalled the night of the hurricane as terrifying. “It was just tree after tree ... and forestry damage alone. In Jefferson County, millions of dollars worth of crops ...

“I hope you can heal,” Eastern District of Louisiana Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown told Banner and the parish officials after the verdict. “This is only one part of the process.” Brook is ...

More than three years after Hurricane ... Louisiana, the Federal Emergency Management Agency this month finally signed off on the first tranche of home elevation disaster grants for Jefferson ...

and over $4 million of that funding has been earmarked for Southwest Louisiana. $2,982,468,60 has been announced for the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District. The funding will replace a warehouse ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First News) — Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, alongside state leaders, provided an update Wednesday afternoon as snow and ice continue to impact roadways and ...

THEY ARE DEPLOYED. WE’RE TOLD JEFFERSON PARISH ACTUALLY HAS SIX SNOW PLOWS IN THE AREA. BUT THE REASON WHY OFFICIALS STILL WANT YOU TO STAY HOME IS BECAUSE JUST LAST NIGHT, JPL ACTUALLY HAD FOUR ...