A number of spotty showers by way of early within the week
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The higher low from Francine remains to be spinning round to our north and is bringing some barely decrease humidity to the realm. Count on in a single day lows within the higher 60s Saturday morning…
Behind the Lens episode 250: ‘Insurance coverage Disaster’
This week on Behind the Lens, a dozen insurance coverage corporations went belly-up after the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons with much more corporations saying they may not present insurance coverage within the state within the intervening years. Now, politicians…
Fee Completed: Trio of Uptown New Orleans houses rank as highest-priced
Take heed to this text Uptown New Orleans is the theme this week within the native actual property market as all three Fee Completed houses are from the identical zip code of 70118. The 65×143 lot at 6032-36 Camp St….
Mother and father of Ohio boy name on politicians to cease utilizing son’s demise ‘for political acquire’
The mother and father of Aiden Clark, the 11-year-old who was killed in an Ohio bus crash final 12 months, are condemning the “use of their son’s demise for political acquire.”Nathan Clark spoke on the Springfield Metropolis Fee Tuesday about…
Houma begins restoration publish Hurricane Francine
HOUMA, La. (WGNO) — Town of Houma was hit onerous by Hurricane Francine and noticed important harm all through the world. Timber have been knocked over, energy traces have been broken and houses have been left with out energy. “A tree…
The heartbreaking however obligatory work of masking faculty closures
Lens reporter Marta Jewson wrote this piece for a sequence on masking faculty closures. It’s reprinted right here with permission from The Grade. Faculty closures are totally different in New Orleans — not the closures themselves, which occur yearly within…
Silos Aren’t Simply For Corn, Get Rid of Them
Silos aren’t only for corn, they’re additionally for info…to the detriment of everybody, particularly relating to music promotion and information…and politics. In case you haven’t observed, many of the promotion you get today from musicians, golf equipment and occasion promoters…
Audit finds points with Louisiana State Museum purchases, condominium leases
Take heed to this text A latest audit says the Louisiana State Museum hosted friends and made purchases by means of the William R. Irby Belief with out sustaining correct proof of approval. Mr. William Ratcliffe Irby, in his 1926…
Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Hurricane Francine made landfall Wednesday in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles southwest of Morgan Metropolis. As of 6 p.m. Francine had weakened to a class 1 storm with the eyewall over Houma. Energy outages in Louisiana numbered within the 1000’s,…
Photographs: Southeast Louisiana prepares for affect of Hurricane Francine
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Southeast Louisiana is getting ready for the affect of Hurricane Francine on Wednesday, Sept. 11. WGNO meteorologists report that the storm is predicted to make landfall on the Louisiana coast on Wednesday afternoon. Moreover, the WGNO…