Provides the latest RSS feeds for Louisiana News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New Orleans Sun.com http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/cat/58efbe858884606b/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:09:50 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:09:50 -0400 30 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Louisiana Workforce Investment Council has approved a detailed plan on how to help the state meet the impending demand for skilled crafts ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215296977/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:42 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215296977/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- In efforts to help families and individuals with housing needs and foreclosure prevention, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials are awarding more than $40 million in housing counseling grants to 334 national, regional and local organizations. Among those groups, the Louisiana Housing Corporation in Baton Rouge was named as the only agency in the ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215296978/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:41 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215296978/scat/58efbe858884606b http://townta.lk/11L3gfX ) the education committee of the Rapides Parish School Board on Tuesday sent the issue to the full board meeting set for July ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215296976/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:41 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215296976/scat/58efbe858884606b VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Even after a new Mississippi gun law takes effect July 1, federal law will still prohibit people from openly carrying weapons on property run by the U.S. Army Corps of ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215295126/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:33:27 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215295126/scat/58efbe858884606b AMITE, La. (AP) -- An increase in state funding and some shifting of local funds enabled the Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Finance Committee to recommend adoption of a 2013-14 budget that would maintain the district's number of ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215295127/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:33:27 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215295127/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana has received a $500,000 check as part of Temple Inland's sentencing for polluting the Pearl River in 2011 with illegal discharges from its Bogalusa paper mill that killed thousands of ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215293552/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:48 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215293552/scat/58efbe858884606b LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- The Lafayette Parish School Board has approved a proposed $256 million spending plan for the 2013-14 school year that offers a $3,979 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215293551/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:48 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215293551/scat/58efbe858884606b MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) -- About $60 million worth of marine vessels and support equipment ranging from bunk beds to barges used as living quarters by people working on the BP oil spill cleanup are going on the auction ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215293553/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:48 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215293553/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Members of the LSU and Southern University system governing boards will have to disclose which students receive scholarships from ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215293554/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:47 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215293554/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a house fire early Wednesday morning. It sparked at a home in the 700 block of Holt Drive in Baton Rouge around 3:30 a.m. Holt is off Goodwood Boulevard near its intersection with South Flannery Road. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said the fire is under control and no injuries have been reported. It is not ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215292134/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:46 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215292134/scat/58efbe858884606b Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215287519/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:21 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215287519/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The program to reduce crime in East Baton Rouge Parish is set to take on another zip code racked with trouble. Almost one year after the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination project, or BRAVE, enforcement officers took to the 70805 zip code, they're now looking to take on more. "My cousin got shot right around that corner some years back over an incident he ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215287520/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:20 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215287520/scat/58efbe858884606b New Orleans police said 15-year-old Shanna Rodgers was last seen about 10 p.m. Monday in her home in the 4600 block of Gabriel Drive. Rodgers' mother told officers she checked on her daughter, but she was not in her ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215285902/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:15:33 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215285902/scat/58efbe858884606b From LSU Sports OMAHA, Neb. – North Carolina pitcher Trent Thornton limited top-ranked LSU to two runs over seven innings and a comeback bid came up short as the Tar Heels eliminated the Tigers from the College World Series by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon at TD Ameritrade Park. LSU (57-11) concluded a memorable season, tying the school and Southeastern Conference record for ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215286020/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:21 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215286020/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The state education board is on track to spend $2 million from an oil and gas trust fund for a pilot program to expand online high school course offerings to public school ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215285249/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:12 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215285249/scat/58efbe858884606b Trent Thornton hurled seven efficient innings and Brian Holberton homered Tuesday in North Carolina's 4-2 College World Series win over Louisiana State. Thornton, a freshman, allowed two runs on nine hits and overcame four walks while Colin Moran chipped in with three hits, an RBI and two runs scored as the top-seeded Tar Heels eliminated LSU. With the victory, North Carolina advances to a ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215285034/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:29:41 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215285034/scat/58efbe858884606b NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.The hypoxic zone in the Gulf is ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284109/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:14 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284109/scat/58efbe858884606b Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284239/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:16 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284239/scat/58efbe858884606b PONCHATOULA, LA (WAFB) - U.S. Marshals have captured an inmate who walked away from a work release program. According to reports, Tederick Bessie walked away from Elmer's Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula around 6 a.m. Monday. He was captured just before 5 p.m. Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Office. Bessie, 30, had been serving time for simple robbery. He was scheduled for release in ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284012/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:15 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284012/scat/58efbe858884606b DENHAM SPRINGS, LA (WAFB) - Engineers have a warning for Livingston Parish leaders about a potential problem with a newly-constructed road. The parish spent $2.2 million making Eden Church Road in Denham Springs safer, but another issue has surfaced. When construction on Eden Church Road got underway, residents like Terry Woodworth could hardly wait for the highway to open. "It was real ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284011/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:15 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284011/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The principal at a Baton Rouge school says they have no money for maintenance and barely have someone to change light bulbs. So, when a local company offered to help for no charge, they said bring it on. Around Hope Academy, on Jefferson Highway, there are people all over. Some are cutting grass, some cutting hedges and others asking where they can find more paint. ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284010/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:15 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215284010/scat/58efbe858884606b Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday signed a bill by Keithville Sen. Sherri Buffington that allows for the donations. The legislation came after state health inspectors destroyed 1,600 pounds of deer meat donated by hunters to a homeless shelter in northwest ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215283129/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:31:49 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215283129/scat/58efbe858884606b Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215282873/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:08 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215282873/scat/58efbe858884606b HOUSTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and five others were injured in an explosion that rattled a fertilizer plant in the U.S. state of Louisiana Friday evening, local media reported. The explosion, caused by a nitrogen vessel rupture, happened at around 6:15 p.m. at CF Industries in Donaldsonville, a southern city located along the west bank of the Mississippi River, local media ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215281659/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:09:03 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215281659/scat/58efbe858884606b Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215280528/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:07 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215280528/scat/58efbe858884606b NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a smaller than average dead zone is expected.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released predictions Tuesday for areas with too little oxygen to support life.It says the Gulf zone prediction is 7,286 to 8,561 square miles - anywhere ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279431/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:34:10 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279431/scat/58efbe858884606b TERRYTOWN, LA (WAFB) - A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second degree murder after his 5-year-old sister died Sunday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Detectives say the boy admitted to practicing "WWE" moves on the girl, even after she told him that she was in pain. According to reports, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Deputies were called to a house in Terrytown, LA ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279305/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:09 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279305/scat/58efbe858884606b THIBODAUX, LA (WAFB) - Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife Fisheries are offering a $3,500 reward for information on who poisoned a pair of bald eagles.The eagles were found in a field near Martinez Rd. in Thibodaux. Testing revealed that the eagles had ingested large amounts of poison in late March or early April. X-rays performed on the birds ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279304/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:09 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279304/scat/58efbe858884606b OMAHA, NE (WAFB) - Landon Lassiter started the top of the third inning with a double down the third base line for North Carolina. Moran followed with his second hit and Lassiter scored from second giving the UNC a 3-0 lead over LSU.Brent Bonvillain replaced Glenn and quickly gave up a single to Holbertson and a walk to Cody Stubbs to load the bases. Bonvillain retired the next three batters to ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279303/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:09 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279303/scat/58efbe858884606b A pre-dawn blast at a natural gas line lit up the eastern Louisiana sky Tuesday, but no injuries or significant property damage were reported, officials said. The explosion occurred about 5:30 a.m. CDT south of Franklinton, the seat of Washington Parish, The (New Orleans) Time Picayune reported. The 30-inch line was quickly shut down and the fire extinguished, said Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279306/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:04:03 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215279306/scat/58efbe858884606b killed NEW ORLEANS - Federal investigators say someone poisoned and killed two bald eagles in Thibodaux. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries are offering $3,500 for information leading to the conviction of whoever killed the national birds. Fish and Wildlife Service agent Sidney Charbonnet says the eagles were found in early April, about ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215278049/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215278049/scat/58efbe858884606b half brother NEW ORLEANS- A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb has been arrested after authorities say he told them he used TV wrestling moves on his 5-year-old half-sister, who died from the beating. Jefferson Parish sheriff's spokesman Col. John Fortunato says the boy was arrested Tuesday after a coroner's investigation found the girl died of multiple injuries, including ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215278051/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215278051/scat/58efbe858884606b LSU AgCenter cotton specialist David Kerns says farmers are switching to soybeans and corn because prices are better and the crops are less expensive to ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215277015/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:34 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215277015/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Some drivers have already been enjoying the widened stretch along I-10 between Highland Road and Siegen Lane for the past couple days. A ribbon cutting Tuesday morning made the completion of the project official. City leaders joined the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) for a ceremony celebrating the completion of the six-lane, $60 million ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215276729/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:21 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215276729/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:21pm EDT * Part of Florida Gas Transmission line shut after explosion * Fifty-five residents evacuated * Florida gas prices up, in line with other regions By Edward McAllister and Eileen Houlihan June 18 (Reuters) - A major natural gas pipeline exploded on Tuesday in Washington Parish, Louisiana, destroying a mobile home and causing an evacuation of the area but no injuries ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215276728/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:21:59 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215276728/scat/58efbe858884606b Click here to view the study. The 28.2 percent increase was more than 10 percent greater than the No. 2 city on the list, Chula Vista, Calif. "Its fast growth is partially a rebound effect from its massive population loss after Katrina, but is also a function of a striking economic revival that I have seen firsthand as a consultant in the area," wrote study author Joel Kotkin. ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275522/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:06 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275522/scat/58efbe858884606b View results An early morning gas line explosion on Tuesday sent residents of one Louisiana community packing, as emergency responders rushed to extinguish the flames and contain the fire.';We’ve evacuated around 55 people,'; said one emergency responder, in a WWL-TV report. ';There have been no fatalities; no one died. There’s no injuries.'; Firefighters have the ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275332/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:02 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275332/scat/58efbe858884606b morganza HOUMA - The Terrebonne Levee District is gearing up for its busiest year of levee-building yet as its board plans to move ahead with millions of dollars in construction paid for with a new 1/2-cent sales tax. The Courier reports the board will review its upcoming budget at a meeting noon Wednesday. Terrebonne Levee Director Reggie Dupre said this fiscal year's budget, which ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275333/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:19:58 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275333/scat/58efbe858884606b MONROE, La. (AP) -- The city of Monroe will spend $1.7 million to purchase equipment for its Sanitation Division to add 14 new tractors and eight mowers city officials say should help eliminate much of the mowing ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275654/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:54:33 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275654/scat/58efbe858884606b Sheriff's deputies are looking for an inmate who walked away from a work release program. According to reports, Tederick Bessie walked away from Elmer's Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula around 6 a.m. Monday. Bessie, ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275335/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:25 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215275335/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The former owner of the now-defunct House of Blues Club on Airline Highway has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping an intoxicated 18-year-old woman in a private room at the Baton Rouge club in ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215274126/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:47:33 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215274126/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Research Park Corp. board of directors is set to vote next month on selling off its interest in the Bon Carre Business Center development in Baton ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215274125/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:47:33 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215274125/scat/58efbe858884606b MONROE, La. (AP) -- The Monroe City School System spends more than twice as much on central office expenses as the nearest comparable district and that's something that concerns Superintendent Brent Vidrine and board ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215272565/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:57 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215272565/scat/58efbe858884606b ST. MARTIN PARISH, LA (WAFB) - Louisiana State Police said I-10 East was closed for a while Tuesday morning due to multiple crashes near Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. All lanes were reopened just before 9:30 a.m. Traffic remained backed up on I-10 East to Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette. Traffic on I-10 East was diverted onto I-49 North due to the crash. Drivers ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215272298/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:49 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215272298/scat/58efbe858884606b Sheriff's deputies are looking for an inmate who walked away from a work release program. According to reports, Tederick Bessie walked away from Elmer's Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula around 6 a.m. Monday. Bessie, ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215272297/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:49 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215272297/scat/58efbe858884606b NEW YORK, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:05am EDT NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Energy Transfer Partners LP said an explosion occurred on its Florida Gas Transmission pipeline in Washington County in Louisiana on Tuesday, shutting a section of the line. No injuries were reported, a company spokeswoman said. Natural gas was rerouted to customers along other sections of the Florida Gas ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215271714/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:05:36 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215271714/scat/58efbe858884606b View results Louisiana State Sen. Elbert Guillory said in a video message delivered to constituents - and particularly, his fellow black voters - that he’s finally come to his senses and realized the Democratic Party disguises an all-consuming quest for control as concern and aid for minorities.The senator announced his defection from the Democratic Party for the Republican Party a few ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215270932/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:20 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215270932/scat/58efbe858884606b another chemical plant exploded in the state , killing one person and injuring seven. The CF Industries Holdings plant in Donaldsonville manufactures nitrogen, and the company is the largest producer of nitrogen in the country. This is the worst accident at the plant in 13 years. The explosion occurred in a section of the plant that had been shut down for maintenance when workers are thought to ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215270933/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:42:13 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215270933/scat/58efbe858884606b OMAHA, NE (WAFB) - The LSU Tigers are hoping to make history and not become history against the North Carolina Tar Heels. The game will fall on the left arm of Cody Glenn, who hasn't pitched in nearly a month. His last outing was on May 22 in the SEC Tournament. However, head coach Paul Mainieri is going with Glenn because UNC has six lefties in the lineup. "I'm going to ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215270935/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:35 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215270935/scat/58efbe858884606b WALKER, La. - An attorney for Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley says his client is remorseful over his involvement in an accident that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Mississippi man.The Advocate reports (bit.ly/14HI7sq) the comments by attorney Sherman Mack came Monday as state police had Sibley's damaged pickup towed from his home in Walker.Mack said Sibley is fully ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215269851/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:52:30 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215269851/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:49am EDT (Adds pipeline details) June 18 (Reuters) - An explosion at a gas line or gas plant about 80 miles north of New Orleans knocked out power to about 10,000 customers on Tuesday, according to local reports. The explosion occurred in the town of Enon, according to the reports. The sheriff's office in Washington Parish said its officers and other first responders were ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215270934/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:49:15 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215270934/scat/58efbe858884606b An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215269244/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:36:11 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215269244/scat/58efbe858884606b LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Litigation between Lafayette and Broussard over annexations along Ambassador Caffery in southern Lafayette Parish has been tentatively settled. That's according to an attorney in the ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215269841/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:31:06 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215269841/scat/58efbe858884606b FRANLINTON, La. (AP) -- A gas line explosion has shaken residents out of their beds in a rural area of Washington Parish near the community of ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215269842/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:31:05 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215269842/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The owners of a Morgan City wastewater brokerage have been charged in Baton Rouge federal court for alleged participation in a conspiracy that illegally injected more than 380,000 gallons of industrial wastes down a well in Assumption ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215268612/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:27:08 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215268612/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A former septic system inspector for the Onsite Wastewater Program of the state's Center for Environmental Services has admitted in federal court that he accepted approximately $50,000 in bribes from a septic tank ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215268611/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:27:08 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215268611/scat/58efbe858884606b State Police are looking for a vehicle that was involved in a hit and run on LA 43 in St. Helena Parish. William Iasigi, 21, of Liberty, MS was driving on LA 43 when he stopped his truck in a travel ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215268454/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:22:29 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215268454/scat/58efbe858884606b MIAMI, FL (AP) - Forecasters said a tropical depression is expected to bring at least three to five inches of rain to parts of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and southern Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression formed Monday off Belize and was moving early Tuesday over parts of Belize and northern Guatemala. At 4 a.m. Tuesday, it ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215267394/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:11 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215267394/scat/58efbe858884606b An explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant claimed a second victim on June 14 as federal authorities were piecing together the cause of the blast that injured dozens more. Scott Thrower, 47, of St. Amant, died at Baton Rouge General Hospital’s burn center, said State Police Capt. Doug Cain. According to company officials, Thrower was an operations supervisor and had worked for ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215266938/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:10:15 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215266938/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Police are investigating a shooting that happened in the Capitol City Monday evening. The Baton Rouge Police Department said one person was shot at the corner of Plank Road and Ontario Street around 7 p.m. The name of the victim was not released. The victim's condition is unknown. Detectives have no suspect or motive in the shooting. If you can help ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215266438/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:15:39 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/215266438/scat/58efbe858884606b