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Published: Nov 18, 2009 - UPDATED: 1:23 p.m. The Baton Rouge area saw 555 homes sold in October, up from 532 that month the year before, though the gain likely stemmed from depressed 2008 numbers related to Hurricane Gustav.
Published: Nov 18, 2009 - UPDATED: 1:23 p.m. The Baton Rouge area saw 555 homes sold in October, up from 532 that month the year before, though the gain likely stemmed from depressed 2008 numbers related to Hurricane Gustav.
A Port Arthur man faces 10 years in federal prison for an incident that happened during the Hurricane Gustav evacuation.
October’s Baton Rouge-area home sales edged past year-ago levels, although 2008 sales were affected by Hurricane Gustav. Realtors sold 555 homes in October, a 4.3 percent increase from the 532 sold a year earlier.
Passenger levels were up nearly 9 percent at Louisiana's largest commercial airport last month, with concert-goers, conventioners and football fans helping provide the boost.
NEW ORLEANS — Passenger levels were up nearly 9 percent at Louisiana's largest commercial airport last month, with concertgoers, conventioners and football fans helping provide the boost.
A Port Arthur man has been found guilty of federal firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas on Thursday. Chad Allen Piazza, 36, was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm following a three-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield.
Payne County received a $1,557.21 payment from the federal government to compensate the Payne County Emergency Management Office for work associated with Hurricane Gustav in 2008.
The anchor of the city of Alexandria's planned remake of Masonic Drive now has its own anchor.
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NEW ORLEANS -- The crane was busy Friday along a stretch of levee between the 17th Street Canal and Lake Marina Avenue in the West End area. The machine was breaking up a concrete pad installed to protect the side of the levee, and loading the pieces into dump trucks. Andy Oats lives nearby and called Eyewitness News to find out why the cement was being torn out, because it had only recently ...
Fourteen people are accused of more than $50,000 in food stamp fraud after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike.
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson, Tenn., man who will carry the Olympic torch Wednesday in Canada said he'll feel like a real Olympian. James "Duba" Johnson, 57, will run with the torch for about 300 meters in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
ST. MARTINVILLE — A facelift starting Monday for the landmark Maison Duchamp will bring much-needed repairs to the historic home turned post office turned city building.
A study released last week ranked all 50 states based on levels of financial peril — Louisiana ranked 20th. But compared to states like California, which tops the fiscal peril list, the Pelican State is fairing well. The Pew Center on the States con...
By Brian Reynolds Staff Writer Around 10:30 p.m. March 6, Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Wayne Waddell dove into the dark water of the Sipsey River to save a 3-year-old boy from drowning. On Wednesday, Waddell was honored for that act of bravery, along with 10 other members of the Sheriff’s Department.