(New Orleans, LA) -- Coast Guard Rear Admiral Paul Zukunft [[ ZOO-kuhnft ]] is offering some encouraging news about the BP oil spill. The admiral has announced the "footprint" of oil spilled into the Gulf is now smaller. He calls July 15th, the day the runaway well was capped and the flow of oil stopped, a "magic day" for him. He said that since then, cleanup crews have been gaining ground on the spill. He also announced the surface effort on the Gulf to collect spilled oil is back to 100-percent following Tropical Storm Bonnie.
The admiral said the Coast Guard is still prepared for what he called a "worst case scenario" and will stay on high alert until the broken well is rendered safe. Earlier Monday, National Incident Commander Thad Allen announced the well could be plugged with cement from the top and bottom in about two weeks.
A Texas woman was busted Thursday afternoon when Louisiana State Police stopped her for a traffic violation on I-20 in the Calhoun area.
The date for the capital murder trial of Tracy Young has been set.
Fifty-two-year-old Lee Roy Williams Junior was booked into the Calcasieu Parish Correctional Center this morning.
The southbound span of the Causeway Bridge was shut down for a while Friday morning after a Lacombe woman lost control of her Jeep Cherokee.
Former State Senator Ken Hollis of Metairie lost his battle with cancer Friday morning.
Here's a look at what's going on in national health news.
One day before the ninth anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, President Obama acknowledged ongoing fear and suspicion about Islam.
There is still no meeting planned between a Florida pastor who has threatened to burn Korans tomorrow and a controversial New York imam.
At least six people are confirmed dead and numerous others have been injured in a gas explosion yesterday evening in San Bruno, California.
Protests over plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Koran on 9-11 have turned deadly near a German-run NATO base in Afghanistan.
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