Sales tax holiday this weekend for hurricane supplies

It's the annual state sales tax holiday on sales of hurricane-preparedness items and supplies. You will not have to pay taxes on certain items on the first $1,500 of the sales ...

Gunman sought in Algiers shooting

Authorities with the New Orleans Police Department said they obtained an arrest warrant for Kemond Pierre, 22, after a 25-year-old man was critically injured in the shooting in the 2100 block of Springbrook ...

Russias Far East rocked by powerful quake

The epicenter for the extremely powerful quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and about 600 kilometers (nearly 375 miles) underground. The quake was felt for five minutes in the region, Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reported. Many people ran into the streets as the temblor shook. No tsunami warnings were issued in the quake's ...

Louisiana State Penitentiary officer arrested on narcotic charge www.privateofficer.com

-- West Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Louisiana State Penitentiary security officer accused of trying to get narcotics through an Angola inmate, a spokesman for Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said Wednesday. Justin Darrel Nettles, 26, 160 Cedars Lane, Crosby, Miss., met a man he thought was a relative of the inmate, but the man actually was an undercover detective offering a ...

DOTD Causeway open in both directions

The southbound Causeway then opened from about 4:15 p.m. to about 5 p.m before officials said they needed to close the southbound lanes again in order to pull the car out of the ...