Environmental

It is a new threat for rice and sugar cane farmers.The rice borer is a moth like bug that lays eggs that hatch worms in the plants. LSU AgCenter entomologist Natalie Hummel says that it's a difficult insect to deal with. Hummel says the rice borers haven't reached the heart of rice country yet, so damages should be minimal...

Today marks a new day for the Lafayette Transit Service. Five new buses running routes in Lafayette will be run by natural gas. The new buses were ordered a year ago and was paid by Federal Transit Administration Formula Grant and Discretionary Capital Grants with local matching funds being supplied by Lafayette Consolidated Government...

A new emergency hotline has been set up for the State Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Louisiana residents are encouraged to call with emergencies such as windfires, pesticides or animal health. The number to call is 1-185-452-5323...

La Niña, a cool air and cool ocean mixture affects the united states and the weather it brings. La Niña may be in the Pacific Ocean, but it affects the central areas of the United States as well. It causes the temperature in the Pacific Ocean to be lower in certain areas.

In order to get sandbags, you must have a picture I.D. to prove that you are a resident of the area. In Scott At the maintenance building located at 118 Lions Club Road (across the street from City Hall) starting at 1 p.m. on Friday until 6 p...

The National Guard has already dropped more than 260,000 gallons of water on the fire and they expect to drop more than 500,000 gallons of water by the end of today. The fires are not out yet, but the coming storms are hoping to help. Governor Bobby Jindal says people sensitive to smoke inhalation should avoid going outside, and if you must go outside to be safe...

Water lilies are clogging some south Louisiana lakes and bayous, causing problems for commercial and recreational shrimpers.

The Louisiana National Guard is going to be dropping 500 gallons of water on fires that are in east New Orleans.

The Iberville Parish truck stop will be keeping the Tiger for now after a Baton Rouge appeals court threw out a ruling that barred state officials from issuing any new permits. The ruling came in favor of the stop for the reason that the owner of the stop deserved to be heard...

The Bogalusa paper mill is set to resume operations after a large fish kill earlier this month. The Department of Environmental Quality approved a restart plan with more safeguards. The start-up process is expected to three full days, before the mill reaches full operation and production...

The  Department  of Environmental Quality is running  tests  at  the Temple Inland paper  mill  in  Bogalusa, where a toxic leak into the Pearl River caused the deaths of  hundreds of thousands of fish.