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Life after Laura: Recovery stalls for Sulphur woman
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Robin Baudoin’s home in Sulphur looks today just like it did the day after Hurricane Laura hit Southwest Louisiana with its catastrophic damage over four months ago. Its roof is completely gone and nearly all of her belonging are in shambles. “The house is just wide...
TikTok video helps Louisiana woman with storm claims
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — One Lake Charles woman credits the power of social media in getting one step closer to having her hurricane-damaged home repaired after weeks of roadblocks with her insurance claim. Tara Parks recently posted several videos on the social media app TikTok. She told more than 80,000...
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Jan. 2 The Advocate on lessons learned in 2020 to bring into 2021: There are lots of ways to characterize 2020, many of them not suitable for a family newspaper. Here’s one description that is: It was a learning experience. The coronavirus pandemic’s...
AP PHOTOS: Louisiana residents struggle months after storms
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Well after Hurricanes Laura and Delta ravaged southwest Louisiana, the state and its people are still far from recovered, with many living in tents and cooking their meals over open fires while they slowly work to rebuild their destroyed homes. Ricky and Cristin Trahan are among...
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Dec. 29 The Advocate on individual actions in the fight against the coronavirus: As usual, there’s a lot of attention to the details of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ restrictions on particular businesses in the coming weeks. That is more than understandable,...
Hurricanes, virus can't stop Louisiana couple's wedding
GRAND LAKE La. (AP) — Most couples might have wondered whether the forces of nature were against them after moving their wedding three times because of the pandemic and two hurricanes that hit almost the exact same spot within weeks of one another. But Emily Kitfield and Taylor Pascale were even more...
Pandemic, hurricanes top Louisiana news for 2020
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana, like the rest of the country, was hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also was pummeled by hurricane after hurricane and faced a variety of accusations of racial injustice. The year’s top stories: COVID-19 The new coronavirus infected more than one in 20...
Coronavirus, Isaias among top Connecticut stories in 2020
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The story of the coronavirus in Connecticut began in early March with the state's first reported infection — a New York woman who worked at Danbury and Norwalk hospitals and tested positive. In the months since, the virus has killed over 5,700 people statewide and shaken the...
2 months after hurricanes, Louisiana residents still hurting
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — As southwest Louisiana recovers from the back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the region this year, signs of progress compete with lingering evidence of mass destruction. The fallen trees that carpeted neighborhoods have mostly been chopped up and hauled away, but the roofs they...
Lawmakers: Insurance disputes slow Louisiana storm recovery
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Southwest Louisiana lawmakers Wednesday criticized the insurance industry's handling of claims from Hurricanes Laura and Delta, describing slow responses, low-balled damage estimates and drones used to assess destruction instead of people. “We’re almost four months ago...
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