Officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said oysters harvested from Louisiana's Area 3 between January 10 and February 4 are being recalled.

In the Southeast, more than 400,000 homes and businesses were without power Sunday morning in Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Flash flood warnings were issued across much of the region.

All post office locations are slated to be closed on that day for President’s Day. Even in the states — Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina and Rhode Island — that don’t celebrate President’s Day,

Flooding has inundated a swath of Southern states over the past 48 hours after more than 6 inches of rain fell in some areas.

If you are looking to do business with your local post office — or any post office for that matter – on Monday, Feb. 17, you are going to be disappointed. All post office locations are slated to be closed on that day for President’s Day.

Then the list was expanded last week to add Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. The recall affects oysters on the half-shell market, shucked, frozen, breaded and post-harvest processed oysters.

Snowy roads led to hundreds of crashes throughout Virginia and North Carolina, including a series of crashes on an interstate highway involving more than 50 vehicles, as officials continued to ask people Thursday to avoid travel to allow crews to work on the roads.

A truck driver from North Carolina was busted in Louisiana after allegedly being caught with over $1.1 million and over 100 pounds of narcotics.

The coastal outpost of an acclaimed Raleigh chef has been named one of the best restaurants in the country. Olivero in downtown Wilmington landed on USA Today’s list of America’s best restaurants for 2025. It was the only spot from North Carolina on the 44-restaurant list.

Louisiana Tech and NC State have adjusted the season and location of their future football game, per a report from LA Tech Sports Central.

President Donald Trump has picked Louisiana’s Jeff Landry as one of 10 state leaders on his Council of Governors, the White House announced Thursday.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has been appointed by President Trump to a panel that coordinates disaster response and military integration.