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BREAKING NEWS: Jeep submerged in Atchafalaya River being recovered

Mar 17, 2010 6:54 pm

MELVILLE ? A Jeep that drove into the Atchafalaya River last night becoming lodged under the Melville Ferry is being recovered now.

Durel announces town hall meetings

Mar 17, 2010 6:15 pm

Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel has announced a series of town hall meetings to be held over the next six weeks throughout Lafayette Parish.

Jake Delhomme chose Browns for chance to start

Mar 17, 2010 6:03 pm

BEREA, Ohio (AP) ? Jake Delhomme isn't ready to be a backup.

Brees memoir to be published in summer

Mar 17, 2010 6:03 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? A memoir by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will be going on sale the week before Gov. Bobby Jindal's autobiography.

Jury hears closing arguments in police taping case

Mar 17, 2010 6:01 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Two men arrested along a 2007 parade route are asking a federal jury to decide the New Orleans Police Department has a custom of arresting or threatening people who videotape or pho...

Gulf lease sale draws $949.3 million in high bids

Mar 17, 2010 6:00 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? With oil prices up $30 a barrel from last year, energy companies issued $949.3 million in high bids for federal offshore petroleum leases off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi an...

Cormier faces incest charges

Mar 17, 2010 5:02 pm

Juvenile Detectives with the Lafayette Parish sheriff's Office arrested 48-year-old Charles Lee Cormier of Lafayette on Tuesday for aggravated incest and computer aided solicitation of a minor.

Hebert severs party ties

Mar 17, 2010 4:54 pm

JEANERETTE ?State Sen. Troy Hebert officially switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Independent today. The move makes Hebert the only member in the Senate not affiliated with any party. &quo...

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Brees set to publish memoir in summer

Mar 17, 2010 6:05 pm

A memoir by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will be going on sale the week before Gov. Bobby Jindal's autobiography. The book is called "Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Powe...

Saints coach sues former player over investment

Mar 17, 2010 5:05 pm

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and his wife are suing the team's former long snapper, Kevin Houser, over a $144,000 investment tied to a now-defunct movie studio.

Former Sheriff Odom Graves passes away

Mar 17, 2010 4:35 pm

Former Livingston Parish Sheriff Odom Graves died Wednesday morning. He was 86 years old. According to the sheriff's office, Graves had been sick. He served as sheriff for 20 years.

Balloons cause power outage in downtown Houma

Mar 17, 2010 2:20 pm

Balloons tangled in an electrical substation caused much of downtown Houma to lose power. Traffic signals turned off and drivers used most intersections as four-way stops. Power was out for about 10 m...

Two students allegedly set fire at high school

Mar 17, 2010 2:05 pm

Two high school students were arrested after allegedly starting a fire in a bathroom at East St. John High School in LaPlace Tuesday morning. Surveillance cameras helped investigators identify the sus...

Car hits man crossing Florida Blvd.

Mar 17, 2010 12:36 pm

Authorities reported a 50-year-old man was killed while trying to cross a busy Baton Rouge street Wednesday morning. Investigators said he was hit by a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse headed west on Florida B...

Police do not believe baby was tossed down trash chute

Mar 17, 2010 12:21 pm

Rachelle Nelson, the motherof a Memphis infant reportedly dropped down a trash chute, was in custody Tuesday in connection with the bizarre case related to her son.

Police: Dad called hotline after putting baby in oven

Mar 17, 2010 12:21 pm

Police say aman accused of putting his five-week old infant in an oven called a hotline to see what kind of charges he could face.

Man pulls out AK-47 at apt. complex

Mar 17, 2010 12:21 pm

A man has been arrested after he pulled an AK47 out at a group of people. That incident happened at Lakeside Apartments on Marion Street in Shreveport.

Georgia boy raises money for surgery

Mar 17, 2010 12:20 pm

Nine-year-old Malkolm Poyer will undergo open heart surgery, and he's selling copies of a story he wrote on EBay to help pay the medical bills.