Saints Interim Joe Vitt Returns to Team After Suspension
Fresh off his seven-week bounty-related suspension, New Orleans interim coach Joe Vitt did not wait an extra second to rejoin the team - in Florida. After watching Sunday's game from an undisclosed...
View ArticlePanthers Fire GM Hurney After 1-5 Start
Marty Hurney was fired Monday as general manager of the Carolina Panthers one day after star quarterback Cam Newton expressed his frustration with a 1-5 start. The Panthers have the worst record in...
View ArticleGiants Runaway From Cardinals 9-0 to Complete NLCS Comeback, Advance to World...
After all the Giants had overcome to get back to the World Series, a late shower wasn't about to dampen their celebration. All right, it was a driving downpour. So reliever Sergio Romo danced through...
View ArticleCabrera, Verlander, Posey and Cain Headline Star Studded World Series
Way back in spring training, Hunter Pence hit a wicked grounder that smacked Miguel Cabrera in the face. A few months later, Pablo Sandoval launched a bases-loaded triple off Justin Verlander in the...
View ArticleSEC Women's Basketball Preseason Media Poll
Preseason Southeastern Conference women's basketball predictions and All-SEC teams as voted on by a panel of media members: Predicted finish with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: SEC...
View ArticleCajuns Tabbed 5th in West of Women's Preseason SBC Poll
After earning Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year lastseason, FIU junior guard Jerica Coley was named SBC Preseason Player of theYear, while Middle Tennessee was picked to win the SBC East Division...
View ArticleHornets Fall to Mavericks 87-74 In Preseason Tilt
O.J. Mayo scored 13 points, rookie Jae Crowder added 12 and the Dallas Mavericks beat the New Orleans Hornets 87-74 on Monday night. The Mavericks were without All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki (right...
View ArticleHornets' Austin Rivers Injured vs. Dallas, Expected Back for Season Opener
New Orleans guard Austin Rivers said he expects to be ready for the start of the regular season after the Hornets rookie sprained his right ankle in a preseason game Monday night. Rivers did not...
View ArticleLHSAA Prep Football Polls - Week 9
CLASS 5ATeam   Rec.   1st   Points   Last1, Rummel   7-0   (9)   130   12, West Monroe   7-1   (2)   123   23, Barbe   7-1       109   34, Acadiana   6-2       88   45, Jesuit   7-0...
View ArticleVoucher law questioned in desegregation case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's education chief has been summoned to federal court in a case involving the state's new school voucher law and a 47-year-old desegregation case. U.S. District Judge Ivan...
View ArticleUL Baseball Eyes Fall World Series Next Week
Ragin' Cajuns baseball fans get their first glimpse at the 2012-13 squad next week as the annual Fall World Series is held at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field starting Monday, Oct. 29. The 18th annual edition...
View ArticleLawmaker: House agrees to vote on special session
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Lawmakers seeking to revisit Gov. Bobby Jindal's recent budget cuts in a November special session say they've hit the first benchmark in their task. Thirty-eight House members,...
View ArticlePolice Charge Man with Trying to Fill False Prescriptions
An Opelousas man is in jail on charges he tried to fill false prescriptions. Police say Lester Bowman went to a pharmacy and tried to fill four different prescriptions. When the pharmacist noticed the...
View ArticleBroussard's Credit Rating Upgraded
The City of Broussard's credit rating has been upgraded from an "A-" to an "A." Standards & Poors upgraded the rating based upon the city's "strong capacity to meet its financial commitments."...
View ArticleHit-and-Run Arrest Leads Police to Convicted Sex Offender
A hit-and-run arrest led Eunice police to arresting a convicted sex offender. Police say Tina Durgon drove her car into a truck in the 600 block of West Walnut Avenue before leaving the scene. She was...
View ArticleDeSoto School Board member booked with voter fraud
MANSFIELD, La. (AP) - A DeSoto Parish School Board member already facing federal drug charges has been arrested for voter registration fraud. Sheriff's deputies picked up 30-year-old Barthlomew...
View ArticleLivingston SO: Pregnant woman stabbed; fetus dead
WALKER, La. (AP) - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office says a 28-year-old pregnant woman has been stabbed in the abdomen and her baby cut out of her. Sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Steele says the...
View ArticleRoller Derby Team Looking for Skaters, Officials
Lafayette's roller derby team is looking for people to help the team during their home games. The Acadiana Roller Girls are seeking skaters, referees, off-rink officials, and volunteers. No experience...
View ArticleVoucher law questioned in desegregation case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's education chief has been summoned to federal court in a case involving the state's new school voucher law and a 47-year-old desegregation case. U.S. District Judge Ivan...
View ArticleInmate Nabbed in Traffic Stop after Walking off Work Release
A work release inmate is back in custody after he walked off of his job site today. The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office says Antoine Howard was caught during a traffic stop made by Carencro police....
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