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“Forgotten Bayou” aired at the Vermillion Center in Lafayette last night and the producer has plans to host the film in other areas of the state.

The salt dome cavern collapsed last year, and a massive sinkhole has developed in that area.

The state is suing Texas Brine for the environmental damage and massive sinkhole that officials say was caused by the collapse of a salt dome cavern operated by the company.

On this day a year ago, several residents of Bayou Corne about 40 miles south of Baton Rouge began watching their homes being swallowed as the earth gave way when a salt dome cavern collapsed under them. Since then, the affected area has grown to 24 acres, and 350 residents are still evacuated...

Last August some 150 households were evacuated after the sinkhole appeared.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The LouisianaOffice of Conservation has levied an additional $160,000 fine against Texas Brine Co. LLC. Commissioner James Welsh says the fine levied Monday is for continued failure to comply with his directives for an 8-acre sinkhole and oil and methane releases in northern Assumption Parish...

BAYOU CORNE, La. (AP) — Assumption Parish officials have asked Texas Brine Co. of Houston to reimburse the parish for about $321,000 spent in its response to a sinkhole now believed to have been caused by the company's failed salt cavern. The 5...