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  1. Tornado with 105 mph winds confirmed in south Louisiana parish during Thursday night storm

    A tornado with peak winds of 105 mph cut a 5-mile-long path through northeastern St. James Parish as severe storms passed through southeast Louisiana on Thursday night, federal weather officials have found.

  2. High winds, damage lead St. James officials to suspect tornado hit Romeville area

    The strong line of storms that swept through southeast Louisiana on Thursday night tore off a roof, snapped power poles, and picked up and smashed a travel trailer in a cane field in St. James Parish, as local and federal…

  3. See a lot of aircraft in the sky over Livingston Parish? Here's what's happening.

    UPDATE: The training exercise has been canceled due to weather, the sheriff's office said.

  4. Gonzales teen arrested in two shootings; two were injured

    A Gonzales teen shot and injured two people at a Prairieville graduation party Friday, fired off a gun at a vehicle full of people early Sunday morning and has since been arrested, sheriff's deputies said.

  5. $333-a-day fine threats, residents cursing out the mayor: Killian's water debacle boils over

    More than three weeks into a boil water advisory over brown, silty water, leaders of the Livingston Parish town of Killian are facing the threat of daily fines from Louisiana regulators and furious residents chewing them out in public meetings.