State News
Rice planting essentially done in Acadiana
BY Bruce Schultz LSU AgCenter CROWLEY – Rice planting in the southern part of Louisiana is wrapping up, and north Louisiana farmers are getting ready to plant. “For a lot of farmers, it’s done,” ...
Apr 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Louisiana news briefs
Fugitive speaks on YouTube video LAFAYETTE — A Youngsville man, who skipped out of court before his trial March 25, has surfaced in a YouTube video, saying he left the courthouse in part because ...
Apr 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
BP’s first witness at trial over Gulf spill says Macondo well drilled safely
NEW ORLEANS — BP’s first witness at a trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster testified Monday that the company safely drilled its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico before a series of mis...
Apr 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Louisiana news briefs
Sinkhole panel urged to act fast BATON ROUG — A leader of the panel recently appointed in response to the Bayou Corne area sinkhole says the group will follow a “very aggressive” schedule to make ...
Apr 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Houma floodgate to be ready for hurricane season
HOUMA (AP) — The flow of the Houma Navigation Canal completely stopped this past week for the first time in the waterway’s 50-year existence. The door of the Bubba Dove Floodgate was connected and ...
Apr 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal 'parks' tax plan, still wants income tax removed
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal told lawmakers Monday that he's shelving his tax swap proposal, rather than risk an embarrassing defeat of a restructuring plan that drew ire across the po...
Apr 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
LPB to carry Jindal speech
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Public Broadcasting will broadcast Gov. Bobby Jindal's opening address to the Legislature on Monday. The live broadcast will be carried on LPB affiliates statewide...
Apr 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Louisiana news briefs
N.O. court employee arrested in bribery probe NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans court employee has been arrested on suspicion of soliciting bribes. Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro says ...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Rep. Fleming won’t run for senate against Landrieu
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. John Fleming said Thursday that he won’t enter the U.S. Senate race against Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu because he doesn’t want to divide GOP sup...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Sheriff suggests jail video may have been doctored
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman raised the possibility Thursday that a lurid video depicting intravenous drug use and weapon possession in the jail he oversees may have been do...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Explosive gas found under Bayou Corne house slabs
BAYOU CORNE (AP) — Explosive concentrations of gas have been found in soil underneath two homes and a shed in the Bayou Corne community near a large sinkhole in Assumption Parish, officials said. W...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Essence releases nightly headliners for 2013 fest
NEW ORLEANS — More details about the 2013 Essence Festival have been released, giving fans another look at the talent in store for the music and cultural celebration. Organizers say the festival op...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
WEATHER



FEATURED BUSINESSES