GENEVA (WVUE) - The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee has retired Dorian (2019) and Laura, Eta, and Iota (2020) from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction they caused.It also decided that the Greek alphabet because it “creates a distraction from the communication of hazard and storm warnings and is potentially confusing.”The Hurricane Committee agreed to the changes during its virtual naming convention on March 15-17.In total, 93 names have now been retired from the Atlantic basin list since 1953, when storms began to...…GENEVA (WVUE) - The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee has retired Dorian (2019) and Laura, Eta, and Iota (2020) from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction they caused.It also decided that the Greek alphabet because it “creates a distraction from the communication of hazard and storm warnings and is potentially confusing.”The Hurricane Committee agreed to the changes during its virtual naming convention on March 15-17.In total, 93 names have now been retired from the Atlantic basin list since 1953, when storms began to...WW…

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Easily one of Lafayette’s greatest contributions to society, the last known Popeyes buffet in the country is in jeopardy of succumbing to the COVID-19 pandemic - never to serve an unlimited amount of chicken, biscuits, or mashed potatoes again.It may truly be the end of an era.A Lafayette-based reporter for ESPN 1420 KPEL says he “felt my entire world slip right out from under my feet,” after a conversation he had with a manager on duty.In , DJ Digital asked manager Brian one simple question, would the location be bringing back the buffet after restrictions were...…NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Easily one of Lafayette’s greatest contributions to society, the last known Popeyes buffet in the country is in jeopardy of succumbing to the COVID-19 pandemic - never to serve an unlimited amount of chicken, biscuits, or mashed potatoes again.It may truly be the end of an era.A Lafayette-based reporter for ESPN 1420 KPEL says he “felt my entire world slip right out from under my feet,” after a conversation he had with a manager on duty.In , DJ Digital asked manager Brian one simple question, would the location be bringing back the buffet after restrictions were...WW…

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Deputies say they have arrested a St. Francisville attorney for the second time on charges related to child sex crimes.David Opperman, 58, was booked into the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center on Dec. 15, on one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Bond was set at $50,000 and Opperman will be required to wear an ankle monitor as well as have no contact with the victim.In October, on two counts of aggravated rape and one count of sexual battery.The attorney and former candidate for the District Attorney’s Office of the 20th Judicial District was arrested...…BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Deputies say they have arrested a St. Francisville attorney for the second time on charges related to child sex crimes.David Opperman, 58, was booked into the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center on Dec. 15, on one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Bond was set at $50,000 and Opperman will be required to wear an ankle monitor as well as have no contact with the victim.In October, on two counts of aggravated rape and one count of sexual battery.The attorney and former candidate for the District Attorney’s Office of the 20th Judicial District was arrested...WW…

A one-day-old girl has died from complications due to COVID-19, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Beau Clark. Clark says a pregnant mother was admitted to a Baton Rouge hospital on April 1 with COVID-related symptoms, including shortness of breath and fever. She was placed on a ventilator and tested positive for COVID-19. The mother went into pre-term labor and delivered her daughter prematurely at 22 weeks. The baby did not survive, Clark says. Clark explained that the child has not tested positive for COVID-19, but the hospital is working to confirm the results of her...…A one-day-old girl has died from complications due to COVID-19, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Beau Clark. Clark says a pregnant mother was admitted to a Baton Rouge hospital on April 1 with COVID-related symptoms, including shortness of breath and fever. She was placed on a ventilator and tested positive for COVID-19. The mother went into pre-term labor and delivered her daughter prematurely at 22 weeks. The baby did not survive, Clark says. Clark explained that the child has not tested positive for COVID-19, but the hospital is working to confirm the results of her...WW…