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Gonzales Weekly Citizen - Tue Nov 24, 1:36 pm ET
The Ascension Parish Council unanimously adopted a $106.2 million budget for 2010, which includes $68.45 million in operating expenses and $47.76 million for capital improvement work.
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Albert Lea Tribune - Tue Nov 24, 10:30 am ET
When Dana Longo came to the United States from her home in Vilnius, Lithuania, to visit her aunt in Connecticut in 1992, she planned to visit for six weeks.
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 12:03 pm ET
Although reported losses fell 15.7% year-over-year, heightened declines in earned premiums written kept profitability modest.
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The Advocate - Tue Nov 24, 1:23 am ET
Retail sales in East Baton Rouge Parish fell just over 3 percent in September, with $603.1 million in spending by businesses and consumers, figures from the city-parish Finance Department show.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune - Sun Nov 22, 3:27 pm ET
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.
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The Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Sun Nov 22, 3:54 am ET
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.
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Port Arthur News - Sat Nov 21, 1:19 pm ET
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.
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The Alexandria Town Talk - Sat Nov 21, 4:45 am ET
The anchor of the city of Alexandria's planned remake of Masonic Drive now has its own anchor.
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USA Today - Thu Nov 19, 11:35 pm ET
News from every state.
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WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans - Fri Nov 20, 7:29 pm ET
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 ...
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New Orleans Times-Picayune - Tue Nov 17, 6:42 am ET
Fourteen people are accused of more than $50,000 in food stamp fraud after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike.
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SportingNews - Thu Nov 19, 6:10 pm ET
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.
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The Daily Reveille - Thu Nov 19, 10:33 pm ET
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...
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The Tuscaloosa News - Thu Nov 19, 10:02 am ET
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.
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KPLC Lake Charles - Thu Nov 19, 7:13 am ET
Associated Press - November 19, 2009 7:04 AM ET BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - October's Baton Rouge-area home sales edged past year-ago levels, although 2008 sales were affected by Hurricane...