Motorcyclist Dies in East Baton Rouge Parish Crash

At approximately 6:00 am on October 17, 2018, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop A began investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle on Siegen Ln. west of Perkins Rd. in East Baton Rouge Parish. The crash took the life of 40-year-old Evelyn Carrasco of Baton Rouge. The initial investigation by State Police revealed that […]

Terrytown Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department Conducting Mock Chemical Leak Training Scenario on October 4th, 2018 at 7:26pm CST.

At approximately 7:26pm on Thursday night, October 4th Terrytown Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department conducted a mock chemical leak training scenario. The training scenario was to test how firefighters would be able to handle a chemical leak at a water plant with various unexpected obstacles occurring. The training scenario started out with a caller reporting […]

City of New Orleans to Conduct Mosquito Abatement on Thursday Night

The City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTRCB) will conduct adult mosquito abatement in Village de L’ Est, and larval mosquito abatement along the North and South Broad Street corridor from Gentilly Boulevard to Tulane Avenue. Treatments will be conducted by truck from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. tonight, weather permitting. Routine surveillance has indicated an elevated number […]

Unrestrained Houma Man Killed in Assumption Parish Crash

Shortly after 5:00 a.m. this morning, Troopers with Troop C began investigating a single-vehicle fatality crash on LA 69 just north of LA 70. The crash claimed the life of 24-year-old Hendrix Stevenson of Houma. The preliminary investigation revealed Stevenson was traveling north on LA 69 in a 1992 Toyota Camry. For unknown reasons, Stevenson […]