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Juvenile allegedly shoots BB gun at school bus

Feb 9, 2012 11:22 pm

According to KATC, there were reports of shots fired at a school bus this afternoon in Washington.

La. school takes down students' Obama images

Feb 9, 2012 10:23 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? A suburban New Orleans middle school has taken down a display of students' political cartoons after several parents complained about images of President Barack Obama, including one ...

Miss. lawmaker: 'Gulf of America' bill was a joke

Feb 9, 2012 9:06 pm

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ? All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" have missed its satirical intent, the sponsor said Thursday.

Highlights from Gov. Jindal's budget proposal

Feb 9, 2012 7:15 pm

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ? Lawmakers got their first look Thursday at Gov. Bobby Jindal's $25.5 billion budget proposal for the new year that begins July 1. Among the items proposed:

Acadiana Delegation fighting to protect UMC, considering legislative solutions

Feb 9, 2012 6:36 pm

Members of the Acadiana Delegation in the state legislature have released a list of demands they hope will help ease the pain of budget cuts to the University Medical Center in Lafayette.

UL, Drexel University partnering for high-tech research hub

Feb 9, 2012 6:35 pm

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. are partnering to create high-tech research hub.

Insurer offers $80M to settle class-action lawsuit

Feb 9, 2012 6:07 pm

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ? Louisiana's property insurer of last resort has offered to settle a dispute over slow handling of hurricane claims from 2005 for up to $80 million, with no more than $25 millio...

10 states get education waivers from NCLB requirements

Feb 9, 2012 6:02 pm

WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law in exchange for promises to improve the way scho...

Three Acadiana sites featured on literary app

Feb 9, 2012 5:13 pm

Three Acadiana sites are among the more than 130 locations featured in Deep South Magazine's new Southern Literary Trail App.

Rumors of mass expulsions at Northside untrue

Feb 9, 2012 4:55 pm

The numerous rumors that the new administration at Northside High have been removing students from the school at an alarming rate have proven to be untrue.