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NOPD searching for missing juvenile last seen Thursday morning NOPD and last updated 2021-05-22 14:01:12-04 New Orleans Police is requesting assistance in locating a missing juvenile last seen Thursday morning. According to police, 12-year-old Dereon Knotts was last seen around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 20, when he left his house to go to school. The juvenile hasnt been seen or heard from since. Knotts is described as 411" tall, around 90 pounds, and was last seen wearing a navy blue jacket ...

UPDATE: All lanes open on I-10 East Congestion has cleared and last updated 2021-05-22 15:45:30-04 UPDATE: All lanes are now open on I-10 East at I-49, and congestion has cleared. The interstate is also now open past LA 975 (Whiskey Bay). An 18-wheeler fire Saturday morning prompted the closure of I-10 East at Whiskey Bay. Congestion reached 15 miles, and the interstate was then closed at I-49, where traffic was being diverted from I-10. Congestion on I-10 at I-49 reached Ambassador Caffery P...

State Police investigate two shootings involving police officers in SELA KATC and last updated 2021-05-22 15:30:19-04 Louisiana State Police investigated two shooting incidents involving police officers in Southeast Louisiana, both on Friday, May 21. LSP was requested by the Ascension Parish Sheriffs Office to investigate a shooting incident with two of its deputies. Investigators say the deputies responded to a disturbance call shortly after 12:00 a.m. After deputies made contact with the res...

New airline to begin operations at New Orleans airport, create jobs CeanOrrett/AP FILE - This file photo provided by CeanOrrett shows David Neeleman with Breeze aircraft. Breeze Airways, a start-up carrier that hopes to begin flying this spring, is giving up on a plan to hire only college students as flight attendants after the strategy failed to draw enough applicants. The airline founded by JetBlue creator Neeleman posted a new listing for flight attendants on Friday, May 7, 2021, without the...

An Acadiana mother is on a mission to share her message of water safety after the loss of her 17-month-old daughter.

Acadiana Workforce Solutions hosted an “Opportunity Event” on Wednesday at the Dupuis Recreation Center in Brown Memorial Park.

Patrick Hardy is battling cancer. But Sunday afternoon in a Lafayette neighborhood, friends are being asked to gather and flood him and his family with love, to show them they are not alone on this journey.

Concealed carry handgun bill advances through House committee Ryan Nelsen/LSU Manship School News Service Sen. Jay Morris presented his concealed carry handgun bill to a House committee Wednesday. By: Ryan Nelson LSU Manship School News Service Posted at 9:30 PM, May 19, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-19 22:30:06-04 BATON ROUGE--Louisiana citizens may soon be able to carry concealed handguns without a permit after a bill passed through the House Criminal Justice Committee Wednes...

LPSB to build three new schools Carencro Heights Elementary, Prairie Elementary, and Lafayette High will get new campuses. and last updated 2021-05-19 23:19:36-04 LAFAYETTE, La. — Carencro Heights Elementary, Prairie Elementary, and Lafayette High schools are all getting new campuses. The decision was made on Wednesday at a special school board meeting. Funding for the projects was included in the districts Fiscal Year 2021-22 budget, which the board also approved Wednesday. Board member ...

Deadline extended for French Culture Film Grant #CreateLouisiana and last updated 2021-05-20 10:00:22-04 The deadline to apply for #CreateLouisianas 2021 French Culture Film Grant has been extended to Monday, June 7, 2021. The grant will award one Louisiana filmmaking team with $25,000 cash to create a new film (a short-scripted film or feature-length documentary) featuring French culture and local talent. CreateLouisiana says the French Culture Film Grant is an industry-building program that ...