LSP Troop G Spokesman Matt Harris tells me there are numerous things folks need to remember if they're headed to our area in their own vehicles. First and foremost, slow it down. He says the high water, combined with oil on the roadways, acts just like a sheet of ice...
Over a million people in North Carolina and Virginia are currently without power after Hurricane Irene came ashore on Saturday, and other states further north are bracing for impact on Sunday.
Much of eastern United States is getting ready for the arrival of Hurricane Irene. More than 50 million people live in the projected path of the Category 2 storm, which is expected to make landfall along North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday.
An ammonia leak caused the evacuation of a local business this morning. At about 9:20, The Shreveport Fire Department was called out to Foremost Dairy in the 5300 block of Interstate Drive to a reported anhydrous ammonia leak. Crews arrived to find a one-inch pipe that was leaking from a valve that had ruptured in a maintenance room in the rear of the facility...