When Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal touts the state's job market and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin sells his city as one of the best places to ride out the recession, it's not just routine boosterism.
Gunmen in dark clothes kicked down an apartment door in a troubled New Orleans-area neighborhood and opened fire, killing two children and a woman, authorities said.
A new report estimates that southwestern Louisiana farmers will not be able to plant thousands of acres of rice this year because of high salt levels in fields after last summer's hurricanes.
A former Louisiana congressman's brother is asking a judge to dismiss the bribery case against him, claiming prosecutors may have leaked word of his expected indictment to a newspaper reporter.
Warrell Span scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to help Southeastern Louisiana beat Northwestern State 79-69 on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Patrick Sullivan scored 17 points to lead five Southeastern Louisiana players in double figures in a 71-61 victory over McNeese State on Wednesday night.
Damon Forest scored a career-high 26 points to lead Southeastern Louisiana to a 98-61 victory over Central Arkansas on Saturday.
Authorities say three people died after a small plane crashed in a wooded area in southeastern Louisiana.
Damon Forest hit a jump shot with .4 seconds left to give Southeastern Louisiana a 70-68 win over Texas A&M-Corpus; Christi on Wednesday night.
FEMA is reassigning the chief of staff of its New Orleans hurricane recovery office while allegations of misconduct are investigated.
Roge'r Guignard scored 18 points and Texas-Arlington defeated Southeastern Louisiana 70-66 on Wednesday night.
Anatoly Bose scored 14 points in the second half and Nicholls State rallied for a 52-50 win over Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday.
Morris Smith IV scored 17 points and Texas-San Antonio defeated Southeastern Louisiana 66-61 on Saturday.
Ryan Bathie scored 25 points and Nicholls State defeated Southeastern Louisiana 68-65 on Saturday.
Southeastern Louisiana's Patrick Sullivan scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Lions to a 75-64 Southland Conference win Wednesday night over Central Arkansas.
On the surface, the trial scheduled to begin Monday morning in the Dallas courtroom of U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle is your basic libel suit. Orix Capital Markets, a $1 billion financial services company, says its reputation is being seriously damaged by allegations posted on a Web site that mocks its very name.
Josh Alexander scored 14 points to lead Stephen F. Austin to a 60-49 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday.
Chris Cyprian scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and Southeastern Louisiana held McNeese State scoreless for more than 10 minutes to win 52-49 on Wednesday night.
Authorities say four children have died in a mobile home fire in Lacombe, La., about 25 miles north of New Orleans.
Patrick Sullivan and Chris Cyprian scored 19 points apiece to lead Southeastern Louisiana in an 84-59 win over Northwestern State on Wednesday night.
Marcus Thornton scored a season-high 33 points as LSU defeated Southeastern Louisiana 90-61 on Saturday night.
DeWayne Reed scored 20 points and Auburn held off Southeastern Louisiana 77-65 on Wednesday night for the Tigers' sixth straight win.
Reserves Blake Hoffarber and Lawrence Westbrook both scored 15 points to lift No. 23 Minnesota to an 80-71 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday night in the Gophers' first game as a ranked team in six years.
Kevyn Green and Patrick Sullivan scored 18 points apiece to help Southeastern Louisiana defeat Jackson State 70-51 on Saturday.
Kevyn Green scored 17 points to lead Southeastern Louisiana to an 85-56 win over Millsaps on Tuesday night.
A South Louisiana woman claims in a lawsuit that a nutria known as Norman ran at her at a local Wal-Mart, scaring her into a panic attack and a foot injury that required surgery.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An estimated 3.5 million children under the age of 5 are at risk of hunger in the United States, according to a look at government numbers by an anti-hunger group.
Members of the Oregon National Guard's Counterdrug Support Program and the Salem Police's SWAT unit trained at the Rilea Training Site in Warrenton, Ore., May 5, in what organizers are calling a successful inter-agency training event.
Sure, it may be a publicity stunt – but if so it's working.
Recently, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) released his budget for next year, calling for cuts in higher education and health care for the uninsured and disabled in order to plug a $1.3 billion shortfall in revenue. Already, hospitals are laying off workers.
With strong opposition from Gov. Bobby Jindal's legal adviser, legislation that Rep. Wayne Waddell said would allow the public more access to the governor's records died in committee. Advertisement
I was speaking with some friends the other day and we found it interesting that we haven't heard much about New Orleans for a while.
Louisiana Fried Brains This recipe will be famous in my family for some time to come. At my age, I should know better, but hey, I was like a German Shepherd going for a ride in a truck.
Lately there has been an abundance and proliferation of conversations and discussions on various mental health related issues! The New Orleans, LA area/region called: Orleans Parish was scheduled to close one of their state Psychiatric Hospitals that housed both Children and Adul …
For those of you who familiar with an authentic Louisiana Po'Boy, you will appreciate the perplexing dilemma that I have faced this past couple of months.
When Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gabbed with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show," taxpayers paid for his state trooper security detail watching from the wings.
, (April 4, 2009) - A national civil rights group which focuses on the political voice of Black Americans, has delivered some 40,000 petitions to six Republican governors who have rejected President Barack Obama's stimulus funding.
One of the first banks to return TARP funds.Returning the bailout money allows IberiaBank to redeem 90,000 preferred shares of stock it gave to the Treasury in exchange for cash.
We all know life isn't fair. Most of the unfairness is trivial compared to larger world events. However, sometimes the unfair event is so profoundly ridiculous it just begs its story to be told.
In just their latest posturing for the 2012 Republican presidential race, governors Sarah Palin (R-AK) and Mark Sanford (R-SC) joined Texas' Rick Perry, Mississippi's Haley Barbour and Louisiana's Bobby Jindal in announcing they would reject some of the federal stimulus funds all …
Ninety days after the project was begun by the Stone Age hunters and gatherers, the T-shaped, earthen mound -- 70 feet high, 1,000 feet long in one direction and 700 feet long in the other -- was complete. "It is the second-largest earthen mound in all of North America, second o …
Every time I watch MSNBC or CNN I have a distinct sense of déjà vu. I feel like, hey, wait a moment here. I have been through this before. I was at ground zero when the oil industry basically imploded in the 1980s.
So, in order to be successful, you need to go to a 4 year college? I just do not see this for 100% of students.
The lawyer for a Louisiana woman accused of swapping two children for an exotic bird and $175 in cash said Friday that the charge is false.
A rare pink Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, has resurfaced two years after it had first been seen in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern Louisiana.
In his official Republican response to President Barack Obama's speech to the nation Tuesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said repeatedly that "Americans can do anything!" With one exception, apparently. We don't need to keep an eye on simmering volcanoes.
The high-speed rail line, a topic of discussion for years, would require $110 million to upgrade existing freight lines and terminals to handle a passenger train operation, said Mark Lambert, spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
Pilgrim's Pride has announced that it will close 4 plants in a small US region. The plant in El Dorado, Arkansas will close by mid-May, and plants in Farmerville, Douglas, and Georgia, Louisiana, will shut down within 60-75 days.
This truly is the KING of ALL SANDWICHES..