Man allegedly takes bat to head of another DUPONT – A man who alleged used a baseball bat on the head of another is charged with attempted second-degree murder.
According to Avoyelles Sheriff Doug Anderson, Brandon Pepiton, 31, of Dupont, a...
Teen held in Abbeville slaying ABBEVILLE – A teenager is charged with killing another in a Friday night shooting here.
Walter August, 18, of Abbeville was charged early Monday with the second-degree murder of Jovontae Charles, ...
House panel rejects Medicaid expansion, Senate hearing to come BATON ROUGE — A Senate committee next week will take up the issue of expanding Medicaid to cover more uninsured, an action a House panel turned down Wednesday.
The House Health and Welfare Committe...
Reef fund remains hot legislative issue
By John Maginnis
& Jeremy Alford
LaPolitics.com
BATON ROUGE – A committee hearing that was scheduled Monday for a bill to place the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state constitution was...
Bomb-sniffing K-9's in high demand since Boston blasts ABBEVILLE – Bomb-sniffing dogs are in high demand after the Boston Marathon bombing, and USK-9 has a backorder for the specially trained dogs.
In Boston after the bombing, bomb-sniffing dogs were u...
Flood insurance premiums to jump 25 percent MORGAN CITY – Pending National Flood Insurance Program premium increases will affect nearly 18,000 policies state-wide as soon as subsidies of their premium begin to be phased out.
Specific residen...
Scouts signing up for first Atchafalaya Swamp adventure PORT BARRE – Boy Scouts in the Evangeline Area District, as well as those from around the nation, will be able to experience high adventure kayaking in the Atchafalaya Basin beginning this summer.
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Budget issues challenge for LSU, other higher ed institutions MORGAN CITY — Higher education in Louisiana is continuing to face serious budgetary challenges, said William Jenkins, interim LSU system president and chancellor.
Funding for higher education is be...
Marine Shale clean-up on June completion schedule AMELIA — Work to finish cleaning up the former Marine Shale Processors site just outside of Amelia, which began in February, is ongoing with June 26 as the projected completion date of the cleanup,...
Legislative focus back on $24.7 billion budget By John Maginnis
and Jeremy Alford
LaPolitics.com
BATON ROUGE — With Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax repeal package and those like it apparently immobile and parked for the session, lawmakers are slowly ...
Unbelted teen driver dies after vehicle hits tree BASTROP – A Bastrop girl died when the vehicle she was driving hit a tree late Monday night.
State Police said Tori Johnson, 16, was driving south on Louisiana 830-4 when she lost control of the v...
