Livingston Parish officials on Monday barred residents from using waterways recreationally as local rivers and bayous rose in the wake of Hurricane Ida's churn through the area east of Baton Rouge.
The Hammond farmers market has a new home.
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As Hurricane Ida left the Baton Rouge region Monday, but it left behind heavy rains that could cause some downriver flooding later this week, especially in the Florida parishes.
Amid power outages, Hammond's North Oaks Hospital tells people to email for patient COVID-19 updates
A Hammond hospital at the center of the fourth COVID-19 surge is alerting the public on how to get updates about their sick loved ones amid power outages and telephone service failures across much of southeast Louisiana.
A boil order has been issued for residents in portions of Livingston Parish.
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Baton Rouge and surrounding communities should expect to see the worst of Hurricane Ida from around 10 p.m. Sunday to 1 a.m. Monday, the National Weather Service says.
As Hurricane Ida bore down on Louisiana Sunday, bringing unprecedented forceful winds and pounding rain to the state, the storm's swift march inland evoked anxiety and exhaustion in the area east of Baton Rouge still recovering from devastating fl…