A fire in St. George, La., caused evacuations but no injuries; a missing boy was found safe, a man is wanted for stabbing his wife, and Hurricane Melissa caused widespread outages.

A residential fire on Green Hill Avenue in St. George, Louisiana, prompted a response from the St. George Fire Department on October 26, 2025, leading to temporary evacuations but no injuries; officials are investigating the cause. In another incident, a 6-year-old boy from Ponchatoula was found safe after being reported missing, taken by his father, with no further details released. Meanwhile, a BOLO was issued for Joshua Beall, 45, and his son Noah, 6, after Beall allegedly injured his wife with a hunting knife and fled in a gold Ford Ranger; both are considered potentially dangerous. Hurricane Melissa intensified into a major storm, and power outages affected nearly 800 residents in East Baton Rouge Parish.