Hurricane Laura Slows After Landfall; Inland Storm Surge Expected August 26, 2020 By Ernest Scheyder, Jennifer Hiller and Brad Brooks HOUSTON, Texas, Aug 27 08:12 AM – Hurricane Laura made landfall early on Thursday in southwestern Louisiana as one of...
Former Texas Insurance Agent Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison August 26, 2020 Lynn “Skipper” Strickland of Parker County, Texas, a former insurance agent who sold policies while claiming his license was still...
Hurricane Laura Expected to Be Category 4 When It Hits Texas, Louisiana August 26, 2020 By Ernest Scheyder Hurricane Laura was expected to rapidly strengthen to a Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday on a steady track to hit...
Hurricane Laura’s Timing, Direction Bring Harvey, Katrina, Rita to Mind August 25, 2020 Tropical Storm Laura morphed into a hurricane on Aug. 25, 2020 — three years to the day after Hurricane Harvey...
Bodies of Remaining 2 Missing in Texas Port Explosion Found August 25, 2020 The bodies of the remaining two crew members of a dredging boat who were missing after an explosion last week...
Hurricane Laura Expected to Slam Energy Coast; On Track for $5-12B in Losses August 25, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Laura is poised to strengthen rapidly and come ashore along the Texas-Louisiana coast as a tree-snapping Category 3 storm,...
Texas Cities Issue Mandatory Evacuation Orders as Hurricane Laura Advances August 25, 2020 By Stacy Fernández, The Texas Tribune The mayor of Galveston, Texas, has called for a mandatory evacuation of the city after Tropical Storm Laura strengthened into...
11 Charged in Louisiana Staged Truck Crash Insurance Fraud Scheme August 25, 2020 Eleven people have been in indicted in what law enforcement officials say is an expanding probe into tractor-trailer accidents staged...
Report: Data Shows Oklahoma Face Mask Mandates Are Reducing Virus Spread August 24, 2020 Face mask mandates adopted in some Oklahoma communities to reduce the spread of COVID-19 seem to be working, according to...
Gulf Coast Fears Tropical Storm Laura Could Become Deadly Hurricane August 24, 2020 By Jonathan Allen and Brad Brooks Leaders on the U.S. Gulf Coast warned Monday that Tropical Storm Laura could rapidly intensify into one of the most...