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2 apparently shot to death in Houma on Tuesday
HOUMA, La. (AP) - The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office says a 29-year-old man and 24-year-old woman apparently have been shot to death in west Houma. The Courier reports that relatives found the...
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State extends east zone alligator season
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State wildlife and fisheries officials have extended the East Zone wild alligator harvest season through Oct. 4. Robert Barham, secretary of the Louisiana Department of...
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Arrest made in LSU bomb threat
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police have arrested a suspect in the bomb threat at LSU that led to the campus-wide evacuation of thousands of people earlier this week. Police Capt. Corey Lalonde said...
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Vermilion Sheriff Sued By Civil Rights Group
The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit this morning against Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon. The civil rights organization claims Couvillon has refused to release documents that they...
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Harvard claim of Jesus' Wife papyrus scrutinized
ROME (AP) - Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic? Scholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus...
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Municipalities' taxes collected illegally
ARCADIA, La. (AP) - Three Bienville Parish municipalities are collecting sales taxes illegally. In recent days, officials learned the voter-approved authorizations for one-cent sales taxes collected...
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Encouraging report about home sales lifts stocks
U.S. stocks are trading higher at midday after a pair of encouraging reports about the housing market. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that home sales rose in August to the highest...
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Scott Robbery Suspect Wanted
Scott police are searching for a suspect who allegedly robbed a Family Dollar store. Police say DNA evidence linked Chris Meredith to the February 2011 incident. Investigators say Meredith robbed a...
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Officer: Insider attacks aimed at Western resolve
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior officer at the U.S.-led military command in Kabul says Afghan "insider attacks" on U.S. and allied troops are designed to shake Western resolve. Australian Brig. Gen. Roger...
View ArticleThibodaux lawmaker trying to call special session
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Thibodaux lawmaker was trying Wednesday to rally support for a special legislative session to revisit budget decisions made in recent months by Gov. Bobby Jindal's...
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Spain names street to honor New Iberia
New Iberia's sister city in Spain, Alhaurin de la Torre, announced the opening of Avenida de Nueva Iberia in honor of New Iberia. This modified road is in the western area of this Spanish city and was...
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Tea Party of Lafayette Endorses Jeff Landry
Today Jeff Landry, candidate for re-election in Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District, accepted the formal endorsement of the Tea Party of Lafayette. Â
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The Supriya Jindal Foundation Makes Donation to Parks Primary
The Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children is proud to announce the start of a new program with the AT&T Foundation. The "School Surprise" program provides kindergarten classrooms with...
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Justice Dept faulted in gun-trafficking operation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe...
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Nov. sanity hearing; man accused of killing son
A man accused of beheading and dismembering his disabled 7-year-old son is scheduled for a two-day sanity hearing in November rather than a one-day hearing this week. Wright has pleaded not guilty by...
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Arctic Sea Ice Hits Smallest Extent In Satellite Era
The frozen cap of the Arctic Ocean appears to have reached its annual summertime minimum extent and broken a new record low on Sept. 16, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has reported....
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Crude declines
NEW YORK (AP) - Crude oil futures prices ended lower on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The near-month contract for the benchmark grade fell $3.31 -- closing at $91.98 a barrel.
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Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional budget analysts are now estimating that nearly 6 million Americans - most of them in the middle class - will have to pay a tax penalty for not getting health insurance...
View ArticleIsrael to Iran: Jewish state can defend itself
VIENNA (AP) - A senior Israeli official warned Iran on Wednesday to stop its "direct and blunt threats" against his country, telling a 155-nation nuclear conference the Jewish state is ready to defend...
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Judge leaves US sales ban on Samsung tablet intact
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge has refused to rescind a court order banning Samsung Electronics from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 computer in the U.S. The denial issued this week in San Jose...
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