Jimmy Everson, DVM / Flickr Breaking: Louisiana Votes to List Abortion Pills as Controlled Substance - Jail Time if Convicted Louisiana's state legislature have given final legislative approval to a bill that classifies two abortion drugs as controlled substances. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal May 23, 2024
Editor abcdef / Wikimedia State Gets Closer to Being First to Require Display of Ten Commandments in Schools The bill would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public classrooms -- including colleges and universities. By Allison Anton, The Western Journal May 20, 2024
Senator John Kennedy / Youtube screen shot GOP Sen. Kennedy: Biden Admin 'More Interested in Super Bowl Guacamole' Than Rising Crime Rate 'Homicides, shootings, armed robbery, carjackings -- in many of our cities, well, it’s safer to walk down the streets of Mogadishu.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal February 10, 2022
@GoCajunNavy / AP 'Cajun Navy' on the Ground to Aid Those Hit by Devastating Storms in Kentucky, Establishing SAFE Camp “There’s a gap from the weather event to when the cavalry really shows up and that’s the hole we try to fill," Cajun Navy spokesperson Brian Trascher said. By Randy DeSoto December 13, 2021
The National WWII Museum / Facebook World's Oldest WWII Veteran Hits Milestone Birthday Lawrence Brooks, a grandfather to 13 and great-grandfather to 22, encourages others to 'serve God and be nice to people.' By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal September 14, 2021
@RNCResearch / Twitter screen shot Watch: Biden Uses Racially Derogatory Term 'Boy' to Refer to Senior Black Adviser There's been nothing like the kind of firestorm we would have seen if the word had come from a President Donald Trump. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal September 11, 2021
@SassyConservat1 / Twitter screen shot Video Shows Utility Workers Turn Their Backs on Biden When His Motorcade Goes By When Biden visited the site of Hurricane Ida to survey the damage, he probably was not expecting the cold shoulder he appeared to receive. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal September 7, 2021
NOAA / screen shot Disaster at US Oil Hub: Coast Guard on Scene as Oil Hemorrhages Into the Gulf It looks like Hurricane Ida is still wreaking havoc a week after making landfall in Louisiana. By Jesse Stiller, The Western Journal September 5, 2021
@benshapiro / Twitter screen shot CNN Interview Goes South When New Orleans Resident Asks Where Biden Is After Hurricane The establishment media will go on blaming Bush for Hurricane Katrina while those who suffer from Ida won't be allowed to blame Biden. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal September 3, 2021
@nasa / Unsplash Over 5,000 National Guard Troops Sent to Gulf Coast as Ida Death Toll Is Expected to Rise 'Considerably' Ida arrived as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of up to 150 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal August 30, 2021
@mikeremaley1 / Twitter Ida Slams US Coast Harder than Katrina, Virtually All Gulf Oil Production Now Crippled by Monster Storm As Hurricane Ida roared ashore, its impact was already being felt in energy markets, and a hard-hit area was getting ready to be hit again. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 29, 2021
Houston Police Department via @houstonpolice Twitter / Twitter screen shot Two Arrested in Killing of New Orleans Police Veteran and Father of Two Two Houston men have been arrested in the suspected killing of a New Orleans police detective, who leaves behind two children. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal August 27, 2021
@philklotzbach / Twitter screen shot Major Storm Gains Strength as it Barrels Toward Southern US, Creating Potential 'Worst-Case Scenario' 'Hurricane & Storm Surge Watches are in effect for parts of the LA, MS, and AL coast,' the National Hurricane Center reported Friday morning. By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal August 27, 2021
Baton Rouge Fire Department / Facebook Firefighters Rescue Motorist from Floating Truck After Attempt to Drive Through Severely Flooded Underpass 'Every time it rains, it floods out up underneath that underpass there. And cars go down there, and they got to rescue them out of there.' By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal August 7, 2021
Udo Schmidt / Flickr US Officials Order Ship from Asia Away from American Shores After Invasive Insects Found on Board An incident downriver from New Orleans is a perfect example of why the United States needs strong border protections. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Trump-Appointed Judge Smacks Down Biden's Oil and Gas Leasing Ban A federal judge in Louisiana granted a preliminary injunction blocking President Joe Biden's ban on new federal oil and gas leases. By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal June 16, 2021
KATC.-TV via Dominique Auto Sales / Facebook screen shot Louisiana Car Dealer Finds Homeless Man on His Porch, Raises Over $31,000 for Him in 2 Weeks Dominique has promised to work with Brown to find suitable housing, transportation and work so that he can maintain his independence. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 6, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Democrats' Control of the House Shrinks to a Miniscule Margin as New GOP Rep Is Sworn In The Democrats initially held a margin of 222-213, but three resigned to accept positions in the Biden administration. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal April 14, 2021
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz/ Flickr 13 Attorneys General File Lawsuit Against Biden Over Energy Policy Thirteen attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for halting oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal March 24, 2021
@Bernard B. Kerik / Twitter screen shot 'Incredible Moment:' Wife of Deceased Congressman-Elect Wins Special Election to Take His Seat Louisiana Republicans have sent Julia Letlow to the House to fill the seat won last year by her late husband. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal March 21, 2021
Len Martin / Facebook Skeptical Man Creates 'Gorilla Glue Challenge,' Ends Up in Hospital with Cup Stuck to His Lip Instances like these highlight a larger issue which, while obvious, isn't talked about as often as it should be. By Jack Cowhick, The Western Journal February 22, 2021