Boyce Mother And Boyfriend Facing Murder Charges State News

Boyce Mother And Boyfriend Facing Murder Charges

A 21 month old child is dead after an alleged murder.

Baton Rouge Man Pleads Guilty To Trying To Have Sex With Underage Girl From Lafayette Crime

Baton Rouge Man Pleads Guilty To Trying To Have...

Allen Bobbett was actually chatting with an undercover police officer.

What’s In A Name?  The Good and Bad of Mascots in Sports Opinion

What’s In A Name? The Good and Bad of Mascots in Sp...

  We’ve heard a lot of names for teams like Warriors, Braves, Indians, Redskins, Rebels and...

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Ex-BP Engineer Challenges Travel Restrictions

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company’s response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is asking for a federal judge’s permission to travel f...

DOE: Bienville Students’ Tests Won’t Be Voided

ARCADIA, La. (AP) — State officials say students at two Bienville Parish schools where standardized testing irregularities were reported will not have their results voided by the state Department of...

UNO Hires New Athletic Director

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The University of New Orleans has hired New Orleans native and sports marketing executive Derek R. Morel as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. UNO President Peter J. Fos says Morel...

Researchers Track Gulf Spill Effect In Minn. Birds

APPLETON, Minn. (AP) — Pollutants from the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago are showing up in Minnesota birds that migrate to the gulf. Researchers for the state Department...

War Of 1812 Bicentennial Sites, Events All Over US

NEW YORK (AP) — Pity the War of 1812. Its bicentennial is at hand and events are planned for all over North America, from Canada and the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic and the South. But good luck finding...

Man Gets prison For Oil-Spill Fraud

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A 28-year-old Gulfport man has been sentenced to prison for 37 months and ordered to make restitution of $27,000 for fraud involving an oil-spill recovery claim. The Sun Herald...

Pointe Coupee Board Lays Groundwork For Layoffs

NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — The Pointe Coupee Parish School Board has unanimously decided to post a reduction in force notice to district employees in the event that layoffs may be necessary to balance the...

School Board Approves Superintendents’ Contract

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has approved incoming Superintendent Bernard Taylor’s contract. Taylor will receive an annual base salary of $225,000 per year, plus ...

Man Charged in Cop’s Death Seeks Trial Delay

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — An attorney for a man charged in the October 2010 shooting death of a Shreveport police officer has filed a motion requesting more time to prepare for trial. Christopher Cope,...

Lawmakers Seek Wholesale Review of La. Tax Breaks

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As the state’s budget woes pile up and tax break bills continue to sail through the Legislature, lawmakers are setting the stage for a wholesale review of the billions of dolla...

IP To Close Minden Plant

MINDEN, La. (AP) — International Paper says it will permanently close its Minden Container Plant by July 17, resulting in the loss of approximately 60 jobs. Doug Strickel, region general manager, said,...