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• Government making progress in Silverleaf Street buyout Play Video

  January 3, 2019 7:33 PM

  GONZALES - Forty homeowners in a Gonzales neighborhood have been fighting high waters for years. But the government has stepped in with a plan to move residents to higher ground. The federal buyout of Silverleaf Street first began in July of 2018 . Officials now hope to have residents... more »

• New Orleans minister convicted of stealing Katrina grant

  November 20, 2018 6:10 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans minister has been convicted of stealing a $33,000 home repair grant after Hurricane Katrina. District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office says a judge found 58-year-old Elijah Mealancon guilty on Monday of unauthorized use of moveables and ordered him jailed until sentencing. Cannizzaro says three... more »

• Unclaimed Powerball ticket in BR worth $1 million

  October 3, 2016 11:34 AM

  BATON ROUGE - There's an unclaimed, $1 million Powerball ticket somewhere. The ticket was sold at a Romero's Food Mart on Joor Road. The ticket matched five numbers. Winning numbers drawn Saturday were: 2-12-50-61-64, Powerball: 1, Power Play: 2. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball... more »

• La. to see millions from Transocean settlement

  January 3, 2013 3:47 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana lawmakers trumpeted the fact that the state will see hundreds of millions of dollars as part of the federal government's $1.4 billion settlement with Transocean today over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The final terms of the settlement require Transocean, which owned the drilling rig... more »