BATON ROUGE, La. — More than 100 abandoned oil wells, which can leak cancer-causing chemicals and threaten the environmental health of an area, in Louisiana have been plugged during the last two ...

Tens of thousands of abandoned oil and natural gas wells sit idle across the United States. Known as orphan wells, they pose significant dangers to nearby residents and the environment after being ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — An 8-month-old baby was found alive after being abandoned in a field in Baton Rouge, authorities said. Baton Rouge Fire Department officials told WAFB that the child’s mother had ...

The federal government is establishing an office dedicated to cleaning up abandoned oil and gas sites, a move that Louisiana officials say will likely speed the process of tackling the state’s growing ...

Louisiana's growing number of abandoned wells -- the state added an average of 170 per year from 2008 to 2013 -- highlight a problem expected to worsen the coming years in energy states, according to ...

SLIDELL, La. (WWL) -- The Humane Society of Louisiana is offering a reward for the arrest of a man who abandoned a dog at a convenience store Monday in Slidell It happened at a gas station on Hwy. 11.

SHREVEPORT, La. – About 10 feet from Rickey Jordan’s home, just steps away from the window where his daughter and two granddaughters sleep, an orphaned well is leaking. The 83-year-old well, which ...

HARVEY, La. — WWL Louisiana has reported on two house fires at abandoned homes in New Orleans this week. Well, it happened again this time at a house on the Westbank. According to Jefferson Parish, ...

Earlier this month, Companion Animal Alliance put out a last-ditch call for help. In a public statement, Baton Rouge’s only open-intake shelter said it was housing 323 dogs — nearly twice as many as ...

A house was found “abandoned” in the middle of a Louisiana road at 3:30 a.m. May 22, according to the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office. Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office photo A house was left in the ...