NEW YORK - ABC is turning its first New Year's Eve without Dick Clark in four decades partly into a celebration of the showbiz impresario's life. Clark, who originated the annual "New Year's Rockin' Eve" special in 1971, died at age 82 in April. Fergie and Jenny McCarthy will be... more »
LOS ANGELES - A man who became known as the nation's "oldest teenager" during a television career of more than 60 years has died. Dick Clark was 82. A spokesman says he had a heart attack this morning at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., where he had gone yesterday... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Newly elected East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William "Beau" Clark doesn't take office for more than three months, yet he's already at work.
Clark says he's putting together a transition team that will help him "hit the road running" when he begins his role... more »
BATON ROUGE - A district judge sentenced 18-year-old India Hickman to 15 years in prison for stabbing another girl to death during a fight last year in Baton Rouge.
Hickman had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of 15-year-old Eltonique Clark during a fight in... more »
The costs to try the Angola 5 continue to rise. The trial for the first inmate, Jeffrey Cameron Clark, ended with a mistrial after a mistake by prosecutors during opening arguments. The group of inmates is accused of killing Captain David Knapps during an escape attempt in December of 1999.... more »
A judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of a Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate, accused of killing a security officer in 1999.
Jeffery Cameron Clark is one of five prisoners, known as the "Angola Five," charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing and beating death of David Knapps... more »
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has deployed dozens of Israeli-made precision guided missiles on islands near a western sea boundary disputed by North Korea.... more »
ZACHARY, La. - The Zachary Community School Board will hire a private academy to provide programs for middle- and high-school students who are expelled from... more »
UNDATED - They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards. Today's biggest stars - from... more »
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. - A religious organization has withdrawn an application seeking the city's consent to open a home for young women. The Advocate reports... more »