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.

Louisiana State Police say a Spearsville man died when the
four-wheel ATV he was driving crashed into the back of another
four-wheeler. After the initial impact, the victim's ATV left the
roadway and struck a tree. 21-year-old Adam Mason was killed in the
wreck.

Lincoln Parish deputies says a man charged with killing his wife
Saturday evening is believed to have thrown her body off a bridge in
Richland Parish. Deputies in Richland say someone called them at
about midnight Saturday to report seeing a man throw a body over the
bridge rail. That body was recovered and identified as 39-year-old
Meredith Davis of Choudrant. Samuel Davis is being held on
2nd-degree murder charges.

Ambulances and fire trucks will be subject to tolls on a new bridge
in Leeville when it opens in the next month or so while police cars
will cross toll-free. Firefighters, paramedics and members of the
Greater Lafourche Port Commission say it's unfair. The
166-million-dollar bridge is part of improvements to two-lane bayou
roads between U.S. Highway 190 and Port Fourchon.
 

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.