In Belgium it was 200 hunters versus 170 wild boars and the animals won. Just one boar was killed. As one hunter put it, "The boars won. The hunters lost." The hunt was organized in the town of Postel since there was an explosive increase in the boar population. The... more »
ST. GABRIEL - A man is back behind bars after attempting to escape from the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center early Friday morning.
Joshua Kelly, 38, worked as an infirmary orderly at EHCC and was working on a night cleaning crew when he escaped.
Officials say Kelly overpowered a... more »
BATON ROUGE - Family members said a Livonia teen accidentally shot in the head during a duck hunt is awake and recovering.
The father of Brandt Torres, 15, told News 2 his son was no long in a medically-induced coma, was breathing on his own and was able to... more »
RUSTON - Two days after Louisiana Tech University's mascot Tech XX mysteriously disappeared the reward offered for his safe return is increasing. Tech XX, the 4-year-old English bulldog and face of the university, was last seen Sunday evening by a worker at the animal clinic where he was staying. The... more »
BATON ROUGE - Dressed in military fatigues, inmates from the IMPACT group delivered boxes of hand-made toys today that will wind up with underprivileged children on Christmas.
The wooden gifts were designed, built and paid for by inmates at the Hunt Correctional Facility. Catholic Charities selects families to receive... more »
Two children found more than just candy-filled eggs during an annual East egg hunt in Des Moines, Iowa.
Des Moines Police say the children came across a man's body in a wooded area of a city park this morning.
Police do not suspect foul play, and an autopsy... more »
A New Orleans bayou has become the new front in the battle against nutria. Nutria have been tearing up the banks of Bayou St. John in New Orleans' Mid-City neighborhood. That has prompted a neighborhood association to seek the services of a licensed trapper. Also, the New Orleans Police Department... more »
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans officials are celebrating the renovation of a downtown theater as another milestone in the city's recovery from Hurricane Katrina. A... more »
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000... more »
NEW YORK - The New York Police Department is investigating allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that she was sexually assaulted by officers arresting her... more »
PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon high school student is being charged with attempted murder after the authorities say he planned to attack his high school... more »
BATON ROUGE - A state program to offer public school students online courses provided by colleges or private companies is being scaled back. The "Course... more »