Authorities in Iberia Parish and LA State Police are looking for Paul Stanley Collins Jr. who is accused of shooting to death his estranged wife - the mother of his two children.

The government is doling out $20-million to farmers in eight states, including Louisiana, to create habitats for migratory birds whose usual Gulf wintering spots may be fouled by the massive BP oil spill.

Louisiana is entering the grip of a summer heat wave for the weekend and into next week.

Detectives in Baton Rouge are trying to sort out just how four teenagers came to be shot Wednesday night on Conrad Street. Sergeant Don Kelly says one of the victims, 20-year-old Dexter Varise, is believed to have been fatally shot after he got out of a parked vehicle and fired on two suspects in dreadlocks who shot and wounded three other teens during an attempted robbery. The two suspects fled and Kelly says one may have been shot in the exchange of gunfire with Varise.

Charges have been reduced for a Ferriday teen accused of killing his parents and a friend last year. A Concordia parish grand jury dropped Connor Woods three counts of 1st degree murder, to 2nd degree murder. His trial starts in April.

LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux is no longer suspended, but he is being kept from joining his teammates in spring practice. However, the junior from Reserve will soon be back on the field, and head coach Les Miles says there's a chance Perrilloux will see some playing time in the April 5th spring game in Tiger Stadium.

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.