LDH is rolling out $120 SUN Bucks to most eligible children this week to help cover groceries while school is out. Apply by Aug. 20 if your child isn’t enrolled.

An Acadian ambulance overturned on I‑49 north of Pont Des Mouton in Lafayette on Wednesday; emergency crews closed lanes and drivers were diverted while tow crews cleared the scene.

Zea is leaving its Clearview Mall home for a standalone at Clearview City Center, with an expanded bar, patio and mid‑June hiring events to staff the new Metairie restaurant.

Mayor Helena Moreno convenes city leaders to outline hurricane-season plans as NOAA forecasts fewer storms but warns the risk remains. The city will review response, sheltering and coordination.

Courtney Hodge, 19, died after her Kia rear-ended a commercial truck on LA-190 near Jennings Road. Her Red Oak cheer family has shared condolences as troopers investigate.

A Flock camera alert led Kenner officers to stop a car on Williams Boulevard on May 16. Officers arrested Anthony Tabora‑Casco after finding the driver lacked a valid license and a BB‑style gun was recovered.

Two early-morning shootings injured two men in St. Roch and the Lower Ninth Ward; police say detectives are investigating both scenes.

LDH will block SNAP EBT purchases outside Louisiana and approved border ZIPs starting May 26. Short‑term exemptions are available online or by phone.

Hut 8 will invest $16M to build a closed‑loop water system and new well for its River Bend AI campus, then hand the upgrades to West Feliciana Parish to avoid straining local supplies.

A loose cluster of Gulf Coast startups is turning bottles, 3‑D printed reef modules and drone mapping into tools to slow Louisiana’s land loss. Early pilots aim to buy communities time while big projects move slowly.

A House committee rejected measures that would let parishes vote on carbon storage projects, sharpening a split between local control and state permitting.

A lockdown at Ochsner's West Bank campus in Gretna was lifted after responders investigated a suspicious powder; the emergency department has resumed operations.

A House committee voted 10-2 to block HB261, which would have added rape and incest exceptions to Louisiana's abortion ban after emotional testimony at the Capitol.