MORGAN CITY — The Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a fatal house fire that occurred on Sixth Street in Morgan City early Saturday morning. According to the Morgan City Fire Department, the fire began around 4 a.m. when a passerby…
MADISONVILLE — Louisiana communities recovering from a string of severe weather events are set to receive more than $7.8 million in federal disaster assistance, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy announced. The funds, awarded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will support recovery and…
Between January 27 and 28, 1922, The Knickerbocker Storm holds the official Washington record of 28 inches since documentation has been kept. The post Out of the attic | Knickerbocker Storm in Alexandria appeared first on Alexandria Times. Between January 27 and 28, 1922, a massive snowstorm dumped…
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - State historians seek volunteers to help document the devastating Mississippi River flood of 1927. Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation Executive Director Brian Davis said documents do not always capture the full story. He said his work focuses on…
A Virginia man was rescued by Culpeper Police officers who rushed into a burning home before firefighters arrived. Video of the rescue shows the officers dragging the man out of the home to safety. The officers who helped save the…
Virginia State Police has announced its next Operation DISS-rupt, which will involve saturated coverage of all 325 miles of Interstate 81 in Virginia, on Wednesday and Thursday. If you’re driving too fast, driving distracted or impaired, or you’re simply not wearing your…
Virginia’s farmers are heading toward winter with a hay shortage of roughly 500,000 tons. That was the estimate given by Gov. Abigail Spanberger when she declared a state of emergency on Sept. 16 as drought continued to punish farms across the commonwealth.
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Louisiana State Police are asking for help finding a 13-year-old girl who went missing from Denham Springs. According to LSP, Mariah Cox was last seen at her home on Leach Lane around 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. Cox…
Eight families in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana, received new FORTIFIED‑designated roofs to protect their homes from severe weather. A $129,442 FHLB Dallas FORTIFIED Fund grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) provided through its member…
The $165 million Alexandria City Hall renovation remains on track to wrap up in fall 2028 despite a 10-week delay due to unexpected asbestos found during construction, Assistant Director of Capital Projects Jenine Kotob told the Times. The timeline of the renovation…
Crashes, fires and the responses to them.