Four bowl games are whetting college football fans' appetite for the New Year's Day bowl extravaganza.
First up is the Music City Bowl in Nashville where Vanderbilt is rated about a touchdown favorite over N.C. State. Vandy is trying for its first nine-victory season since 1915. The 8-4 Commodores... more »
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 »
BATON ROUGE - A head-on collision late Christmas Eve left one man dead in Baton Rouge.
It happened around 8:30 p.m. in the 12000 block of Highland Road near Siegen Lane.
Sheriff's deputies say two vehicles were traveling east and west on Highland Road when they collided into... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans brass band will kick off a series of free New Year's Eve music performances in Jackson Square. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says the city's New Year's Eve festivities begin at 9 p.m. with a performance by the Lagniappe Brass Band, followed by... more »
INDEPENDENCE- A car full of juveniles, driven by an unlicensed 15-year-old, crashed on a Tangipahoa Parish highway Monday afternoon, killing a ten-year-old.
State Police... more »
MOORE, Okla.- Children are among the rising injuries and deaths after a mile-wide tornado tore apart a town just outside Oklahoma City Monday afternoon.
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GONZALES- Most power has been restored to people after an evening of trouble in the area.
More than 20,000 Entergy customers lost their utilities... more »
DENHAM SPRINGS- Lawmakers backed a plan that could fuel the development of a planned shopping center in Livingston Parish.
The Louisiana Senate approved using... more »