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• Runaway semi yanks power lines, meters from handful of homes Monday

  September 2, 2019 5:25 PM

  UPDATE: According to Entergy, power has been restored to the area. There's no word on whether authorities have located the driver responsible for the outage. ***** HAMMOND – A neighborhood northeast of the regional airport may likely have to spend Monday night without power after an 18-wheeler snagged... more »

• Report: Vandals cause power outages in French Quarter

  June 29, 2017 2:09 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – Vandals caused power outages to many buildings in downtown New Orleans and in the French Quarter on Thursday. According to Entergy, equipment was stolen and damaged at a substation that services the downtown area and the French Quarter, WWL reports . The damage was... more »

• Entergy: fallen tree limb caused Kenilworth Parkway outage

  March 7, 2017 9:17 AM

  BATON ROUGE – Crews say a fallen tree branch caused power outages for more than 2,000 customers off Kenilworth Parkway Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for Entergy said a tree limb fell from a customer's tree onto a power line. The outage impacted 1,800 customers. Crews restored power to the... more »

• City says it can't afford to save or condemn Brandywine Play Video

  May 6, 2016 10:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Residents at the derelict Brandywine Apartment complex are on day 3 without power . The Investigative Unit has learned the power may never be turned back on, and the water could be turned off soon too. The conditions at Brandywine are almost unlivable. People living in... more »

• Less than 200 residents without power due to severe weather

  October 31, 2015 4:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Entergy is working to restore power for those in East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes due to the severe weather passing over southeastern Louisiana. Entergy said they have crews out assisting in restoring power. According to Entergy, more than 800 residents in the entire state... more »