NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Perhaps it was fate that a man’s pickup truck became trapped in the rising floodwaters that Hurricane Francine not far from Miles Crawford’s home. The 39-year-old emergency room nurse is professionally trained to save lives — fast — and that’s exactly what he did when he saw what happened in his […]
DULAC, Louisiana (AP) – Shortly after Hurricane Francine As a storm surge inundated a cemetery in the Louisiana bayou town of Dulac, Lori-Ann Bergeron came Thursday to check the graves of three generations of families. Their headstones were fine, but coffins lay next door next to broken crosses and soggy bouquets. “It’s like this almost […]
MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Francine weakened Thursday after Louisiana hit as Category 2 hurricane Hundreds of thousands of customers lost power, a storm surge swept through coastal communities, and fears of flooding grew in New Orleans and elsewhere. As the system moved inland, emergency crews began clearing roads and restoring power while neighborhoods and […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Frankie Beverly, who, with his band Maze, inspired generations of fans with his soft, soulful voice and enduring anthems such as “Before I Let Go,” has died. He was 77. His family said in a post on the band’s website and social media accounts that Beverly died on Tuesday. In the […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm later this week and dump heavy rains across Mexico and Texas before reaching the U.S. as a potential hurricane, the National Weather Service said Sunday. The system, located about 340 miles (545 kilometers) south-southeast of […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kendrick Lamar will perform on the NFL’s biggest stage next year: The grammy The winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans. The NFLApple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Lamar would headline the halftime festivities on Feb. 9 from the Caesars Superdome. The rap […]
Arch Manning threw his first career touchdown pass and ran for his first score as a mop-up in No. 4 Texas’ 52-0 victory over Colorado State in the season opener on Saturday. The five-star recruit with the NFL Family Tree is possibly the most high-profile backup quarterback in the country, waiting behind starter Quinn Ewers. […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sybil Haydel Morial, civil rights activist, widow of New Orleans’ first black mayor, Ernest “Dutch” Morial, and mother of former Mayor Marc Morial, has died at age 91. Her family announced her death Wednesday in a statement issued by the National Urban League, whose president and CEO is Marc Morial. Details […]
BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s Bixby School District has a lot to offer a fast-growing Tulsa suburb: a state-of-the-art new high school scheduled to open by 2025, a new ninth-grade gymnasium and plans for a $12 million upgrade of a football complex that already rivals those of many small colleges. What the district was missing […]
