July 26, 2021 Animal shelters overwhelmed with more 'pandemic pets' being returned After a boost in pet adoptions during the pandemic, now animal shelters across the U.S. are seeing an increase in pet surrenders, leading to overcrowding.
July 26, 2021 Masks for vaccinated gaining momentum as more cities, states require or recommend face coverings More and more jurisdictions around the United States are requiring or recommending masks indoors for vaccinated people in reaction to the fast-spreading COVID-19 delta variant.
July 21, 2021 Louisiana dad shot and killed by teen who entered underage daughter's room through upstairs window, police say A Louisiana father is dead after a teenager whom he’d ordered to stay away from his 14-year-old daughter allegedly snuck into her bedroom window with a ladder and shot him during a confrontation, according to local police.
July 16, 2021 New Orleans Uber driver robbed at gunpoint by passenger loses his job for having gun on floor Uber driver Clayton Laciak said a passenger pulled a gone on him, before stealing his own gun. Laciak was fired soon after for violating the company's firearm policy.
July 15, 2021 Baton Rouge sues man over homemade levees, plans to bill him after dismantling them Baton Rouge officials have sued a resident over levees he built around his property, threatening to dismantle them and send him a bill for the work, according to a report.
July 12, 2021 Edwin Edwards, former Louisiana governor who dominated state politics before going to prison, dead at 93 Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living four-term governor whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was all but overshadowed by scandal and an eight-year federal prison stretch, died Monday. He was 93.Â
July 10, 2021 Louisiana police officer dead after shot in head near high school; suspect in custody: reports A Louisiana police officer died in a hospital Friday night after suffering a gunshot wound to his head during a confrontation with a suspect near a local high school, according to reports.
July 9, 2021 Teen basketball prodigy wins National Spelling Bee: 'I don't really know how I do it' 14-year-old Louisiana native Zaila Avant-garde already had multiple Guinness world records to her name when she was crowned the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night.
July 8, 2021 Missing Burmese python that escaped Louisiana mall is found A snake that went missing from the Mall of Louisiana's Blue Zoo Aquarium was found early Thursday morning.
July 8, 2021 12-year-old boy shoots and kills man who broke into home, threatened mother A 12-year-old fatally shot an armed man who broke into his family’s house in Louisiana and threatened his mother.