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.

You can almost hear motorists screaming "enough already!" The average price of unleaded regular climbed another two-cents a gallon today to a record high of three-dollars-63-cents in Louisiana. The only good news is that the price is a dime below the nationwide average of three-73. Folks who have to put premium in their vehicles are now shelling out an average of four-dollars-five-cents while the average price of diesel in Louisiana has hit four-26 a gallon, a four-cent increase over Monday.

Bossier deputies arrest a man for allegedly attempting to rape his housekeper, only to discover he is in the country illegally. Carlos "Santos" Canales is a horse trainer by trade, who has been deported at least twice before.

Two teenagers have been arrested for reportedly assaulting a 10-year old boy at a neighborhood playground in Vivian. The 10-year old was playing kickball with friends when the ball went over a fence. The boy went into the woods to retrieve the ball and had an encounter with the teenagers, who allegedly grabbed him, pushed him down and assaulted him.

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.