Louisiana's department of education has applied for 147-million dollars in federal money that's available to them because of a recently passed stimulus bill.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter today sent a letter sharply criticizing the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research for the FDA’s failure to respond to Vitter’s repeated inquiries regarding the agency’s pending decision to take the drug Avastin “off-label” for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
Greyhound is moving ahead with its lawsuit against the Lafayette City-Parish Government to be allowed to open a new bus station in an old bank building on Moss Street.
Authorities report a Lafayette man wanted on charges in two states is being held in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center following his arrest.
A man wanted for questioning in connection with the murders of four people near Lake Charles was taken into custody in Baton Rouge Thursday after a standoff with law enforcement.
It's another record setting day for gas prices in Louisiana. Triple-A reports the statewide average price of regular hit four-dollars a gallon today, a new record high. The price is a dollar-nine higher than a year ago and eleven-cents lower than the current nationwide average. Also in Louisiana, diesel is at a new record high of just over four-74 a gallon, compared to two-83 a year ago. Checking some of the metro areas, regular is averaging three-98 in Baton Rouge, four-dollars-two-cents in Lafayette and just a hair below four-dollars in New Orleans.
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.
Americans will pause to remember a tragic day in the nation's history tomorrow as the ninth anniversary of the 9-11 attacks are observed.
Fruits and vegetables need to appear more in the daily diets of Americans.
Picnic baskets are getting loaded with food and the backs of vehicles are opening wide as tailgating for football season begins.
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