Home school students looking to go to college will have an opportunity to learn about information on admissions, dual enrollment opportunities, scholorships, TOPS and financial aid March 18 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.  The University is hosting its 6th annual home school information program for high school-aged students and their parents from 1:30 to 3:30.  The event will take place in the Bayou Bijou theater in the Student Union.  Parking is available in front of the Union and in the new parking garage on Taft street.  For more information, contact April Flugence at aflugence@louisiana.edu or call (337) 482-5923
 

A bill pre-filed for the spring legislative session would allow
legally licensed concealed weapons in churches. The bill is
sponsored by Haughton Representative Henry Burns, who says the
recent proliferation of church shootings is what prompted the
bill. Burns says the bill will not mandate weapons on church permises, but
give will give them the ability to have onsite armed security if
they feel it necessary.

Acadiana pro life activists are keeping a close eye on a first of a kind state bill that would restrict abortions based on the pain a fetus might feel.
  If passed the Nebraska bill would outlaw most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
  Leaders of the Center for Reproductive Rights are concerned the proposed law is an attempt to get the abortion issue back before the Supreme Court.
  Louisiana is one of six states which require that pregnant women be told an abortion could cause pain for the fetus...according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The wife of a  Keithville man found murdered in his home Sunday has been arrested for hiring someone to kill her husband.

State Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham reopens part of the Mississippi River delta in Plaquemines Parish to recreational fishing.

First Lady Supriya Jindal was in Shreveport and Alexandria today to rally support for an effort to assist those affected by the Gulf oil spill crisis.

Here's a look at stories making national news.

A new national poll finds former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is currently the Republican with the chance of defeating President Obama in 2012. 

Arizona has filed an appeal in the federal lawsuit which resulted in an injunction against portions of the state's new immigration law.