BATON ROUGE - The Department of Public Works started some spring cleaning in Baton Rouge, demolishing abandoned houses in an effort to get rid of blighted properties in the city.
Crews knocked down a house on North 37th Street which had been empty for nearly a decade. Residents complained... more »
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council is condemning North Korea's successful rocket launch. The U.N.'s most powerful body said in a brief statement after closed consultations Wednesday that the launch violated a 2009 Security Council resolution banning "any launch using ballistic missile technology." The council said that after the... more »
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... more »