Louisiana residents prepare for Hurricane Francine strengthening As the state prepares for Hurricane Francine, many communities along Louisiana’s coast are under mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders. Louisiana residents prepared for landfall Wednesday after Francine strengthened into a hurricane, threatening the Gulf Coast with damaging winds, up to 12 inches of rain and storm surges of […]
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – An abandoned 22-story building in Lake Charles, Louisiana – once a city landmark and then a symbol of the destruction caused by Hurricanes Laura and Delta – was demolished Saturday after standing vacant for nearly four years. The Hertz Tower collapsed within seconds after a demolition crew inside set off a […]
PROVIDENCE — Gasoline prices continue to fall in the final weeks of summer, partly due to slowing demand and rising domestic production, but markets are closely watching renewed tropical storm activity in the Atlantic and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. “It appears that gas prices are falling seasonally as the summer season comes […]
RURAL HALL A heavy smell of gas hung in the air on Westinghouse Road at the intersection with US 52 as emergency crews repaired a break in the natural gas lines. Authorities said a tree fell on a distribution node shortly after 10 a.m. and broke it off, sending natural gas from the fracture into […]
