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  • Shooting in Kenner restaurant leaves one employee injured

    August 7, 2021 7:28 PM

    KENNER - A fight that broke out between two service industry employees left one shot and the other in jail Saturday. WWL reported that Kenner Police said officers went to the Jumbo Buffet restaurant on Williams Boulevard around 3:30 p.m. when one employee shot the other. WWL said... more »
  • Waitress kidnapped after following customers who skipped out on bill

    June 21, 2021 1:48 PM

    WASHINGTON, N.J. - A waitress was assaulted and abducted after confronting a group of customers who refused to pay for their meal. The attack happened around 11:15 p.m. Saturday at a Nifty Fifties restaurant. Washington Township Police said a 20-year-old waitress followed a group of customers to the... more »
  • As the governor eases restrictions, the wedding industry is bouncing back Play Video

    April 28, 2021 6:57 PM

    BATON ROUGE – After nearly a year of vanishing vows, the wedding industry is experiencing an explosion of interest. “I had 11 weddings in 21 days, that’s never happened in my whole career,” said wedding planner Allie Wester, who owns Weddings by Allie. On Tuesday, the Governor eased... more »
  • Proposed Louisiana law to better track cancer Play Video

    April 17, 2017 9:30 PM

    BATON ROUGE- Residents in the community of Alsen wish they knew how prevalent cancer was in their community. The small neighborhood is just north of Baton Rouge on Scenic Highway and is surrounded by heavy industry. "We have a high rate of miscarriages, we have a high rate... more »
  • Residents fighting industrial expansion in St. Gabriel Play Video

    April 14, 2017 8:00 PM

    ST. GABRIEL- Retired chemical plant worker Peter Booker believes a nearby recycling facility is the chief cause a strong smell in his neighborhood. "It's really bad sometimes," he said. The company in question, Adsorbent Solutions, sits in an industrial park about a quarter mile from Booker's house. The facility... more »
  • Oversize load to slow traffic on the Westside for the next week

    October 25, 2016 10:29 PM

    PLAQUEMINE- Westside drivers are in for some delays due to wide loads being moved through Plaquemine for the next week. Oversized vessels will be transported from a shipyard across from the Iberville Parish Multipurpose Center on Bayou Road the Shintech Plaquemine facility off Highway 1 south of the city.... more »
  • Bizarre death of area worker, two others prompts federal warning

    April 18, 2016 6:30 PM

    AMITE - OSHA is warning employers and employees in the mowing industry about potentially hazardous working conditions after a series of bizarre accidents killed three workers. In Tangipahoa Parish, a worker at Bracy's Nursery was found dead in a stream bed after the riding lawnmower he was using overturned... more »
  • Pipeline expansion to feed Iberville Parish industry Play Video

    December 10, 2015 7:46 PM

    PLAQUEMINE - Iberville Parish Water Works is replacing an 18 mile pipeline so heavy industry can expand. The project will double the size of a current pipeline and raise two water towers several feet in District #3. The Department of Health and Hospitals awarded Iberville Parish an $8 million loan... more »
  • Report ranks Baton Rouge No. 2 nationwide in chemicals & plastics industry

    November 3, 2015 11:58 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Conway Inc.'s latest edition of the publication's "World's Most Competitive Cities" report places Baton Rouge in second position, behind Houston, for economic development in the chemical and plastics industry. The report measures cities' overall economic competitiveness in a range of industries from tech to transportation on... more »

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