Jeremy Anthony Olivier was killed in a head-on collision on Interstate 10 on Saturday night. According to police, Derek Paul Cooper was traveling the wrong direction on I-10 westbound when he collided with Olivier at the top of the Ruth Street overpass. Cooper has...
A recent investigation by the Star-Telegram and The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. has revealed that construction laborers are being treated as independent contractors - a tactic that is costing taxpayers money and failing to protect workers. Treating workers as...
Luke Matthews passed away at a local area hospital on Sunday afternoon after being involved in a three-vehicle crash on Saturday afternoon. The crash occurred on Louisiana Highway 16, just south of Highway 63. According to investigators, Matthews was driving north on...
A preliminary study on fracking is suggesting that birth defects could be linked to fracking as the rate of babies born with defects was much higher among children born near fracking wells. Scientists are calling for more research into how hydraulic fracturing, better...
Chevron Pipeline Co. has shut down a natural-gas pipeline near Louisiana following a workplace accident that left a Chevron Corp. contractor dead and two more with serious personal injuries. Chevron has not released the names of the workers involved in the accident....
Nearly every job comes with certain risks. Each year the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports workplace accident in every single industry. However, there are some industries that are more dangerous than others. Below is a list of the five most dangerous occupations in...
A new study released by Yale University is claiming that people living closer to natural gas wells in southwestern Pennsylvania are more than twice as likely to report respiratory illnesses and skin problems than people living further away from the area. The study,...
Frederick Brown, Jr. of Port Allen was killed in an auto accident with a garbage truck just north of Louisiana Highway 76 on Saturday morning.According to Louisiana State Troopers, Brown was heading northbound on Highway 415 in a passenger vehicle. At this same time,...
The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating an accident that resulted in the ejection and death of a passenger on Wednesday night.Vernon Rogers was ejected from a Jeep during a single-vehicle wreck on Scotland Avenue near Thomas Road around 10:45 p.m. Rogers...
Halliburton, the company contracted by BP to cement the Macondo oil well in 2010, has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to businesses, individuals and local governments that suffered losses during the BP oil spill.The settlement involves commercial or subsistence fisherman...
