BATON ROUGE - Permission slips being distributed to residents in Bayou Corne area will allow Texas Brine to install equipment to mitigate any dangers that might be posed by underground methane gas.
The state Office of Conservation directed the company to install methane monitors and ventilation systems to avoid... more »
Officials in East Baton Rouge Parish want to turn garbage into cash with a new system that captures methane gas from the North Baton Rouge Landfill. From there, it will be taken to two plants where it will be used as a substitute for natural gas.
Over the 20-year... more »
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA- The Governor of California admits he doesn't know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend. Its the first... more »
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO- The tranquilizer worked perfectly and a black bear fell asleep in a tree and had to be hoisted down, which turned into... more »
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana's state-regulated casinos all won less money in April than in March. The drop totals $35.8 million. State police figures show most... more »
GONZALES- An equipment failure left thousands of people without power in East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parish.
Electricity services were cut about 5:20 p.m.... more »