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Millions Going To Farmers Flooding Their Fields
 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.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:35 PM
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One Car Crash Claims the Life of a Denham Springs Man
A late Monday afternoon accident in Livingston Parish claimed the life of a Denham Springs man. 26-year-old Casey Simpson suffered fatal injuries on highway 10-19 after his eastbound pickup truck left the right side of the road, entered a ditch, and slammed into a large tree. Police say Simpson was not wearing a seat belt.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:45 AM
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Plea Agreement For Man Accused of Murder
Fifty-two-year-old Ray Roberts of Baton Rouge entered into a plea agreement Monday that will send him to prison for life. Roberts entered guilty pleas to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the June 3rd, 2006 stabbings of his girlfriend's daughters during an argument in a minivan. Sixteen-year-old Oshiana Godchaux died and her teenage sister survived. Roberts was spared a possible death sentence in exchange for his guilty pleas and no chance of parole or pardon.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:41 AM
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Police Have Suspect in Baton Rouge Shooting
Baton Rouge Police announced Monday they have obtained a warrant for the arrest of 38-year-old Perry Corner in connection with the March 15th murder of Barry Heard. Heard was shot to death on Sunday March 16th in the 12-hundred block of South 15th Street. Sergeant Don Kelly says the crime was apparently motivated over the theft of property by Corner that belonged to Heard. He says Corner, a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, had been living on 15th Street, but it's believed he may have fled to New Orleans following the murder.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:39 AM
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Good News From Medical Program
Officials at the LSU Health Sciences Center say more of its senior medical students have chosen to remain in Louisiana. Doctor Steve Nelson is the dean of the LSU HSC School of Medicine says nearly 97 percent of the LSU Health Science Center's graduating students were able to get matched to their first choice in post-graduate medical training. Doctor Nelson says that figure is significant. He says years ago, the rate ot student retention in the LSUHSC program was roughly 70 percent, but destruction of New Orleans' Charity Hospital resulting from Hurricane Katrina reduced that number severely. Nelson says the graduate program is rebounding, and the new university hospital in New Orleans will help the program remain competitive.
Monday, March 24, 2008 5:02 AM
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Two Car Crash Ends a Life
A two-car crash claimed the life of a Lacombe man. The wreck happened U-S highway 190 in St. Tammany Parish fatally injuring 43-year-old Vincent Guidera. He was at the wheel of a pickup truck that crossed the centerline of the highway and ran head-on into another pickup truck. The driver of the other pickup, 38-year-old Stanley Rogillo, also of Lacombe, fled the scene after being treated by an ambulance crew. He was found hiding under a bed at his mother's home and arrested for resisting an officer, driving while intoxicated and driving with a suspended driver's license.
Monday, March 24, 2008 4:48 AM
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National Headlines
 Here's a look at stories making national news.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:59 PM
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Arizona Files Appeal In Immigration Case
 Arizona has filed an appeal in the federal lawsuit which resulted in an injunction against portions of the state's new immigration law.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:48 PM
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