(Opelousas, LA)  --  Authorities say two children died last night in a house fire in Opelousas.  The blaze occurred at a residence in the 800 block of Planter Street.  Opelousas Fire Department officials say no one else was injured.  The names of the victims have yet to be released.  The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

(Lafayette, LA)  --  Most Lafayette Parish property owners will be paying more in property taxes, now that the City-Parish Council has voted to roll several tax millages forward.  Tax reassessment is taking place this year, and property values in most cases have risen since 2004.  State law mandates that millages automatically roll back as property values increase--unless a taxing authority rolls them forward.  The move means higher taxes for property owners, even though the tax rate will remain the same.  

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.