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  • GOP demands more despite Benghazi email release

    May 16, 2013 8:46 AM

    WASHINGTON - The White House's release of nearly 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans demanding more information. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner says that Republicans hoped the limited release of... more »
  • LSU not releasing presidential candidates' names

    April 26, 2013 4:55 PM

    BATON ROUGE - LSU intends to appeal a judge's ruling that required the university system to turn over the names of about three dozen candidates considered during its presidential search. And the Board of Supervisors doesn't plan to immediately release the names. Board Chairman Hank Danos released a statement Friday... more »
  • Billy Cannon released from hospital after stroke

    February 21, 2013 12:51 PM

    BATON ROUGE - LSU football legend Billy Cannon left the hospital today after treatment for a stroke, according to the university's athletic department. Spokesperson Herb Vincent said Cannon's family told him the former Heisman winner was on his way home. He was rushed to the hospital Tuesday from Angola... more »
  • Chemical smell closes schools, senior center

    February 8, 2013 10:40 AM

    BATON ROUGE - A chemical smell closed elementary schools and a senior center in the Scotlandville area this morning. Crestworth Elementary, J. K. Haynes Elementary Charter and Crestworth Learning Academy all closed as a result of the smell Friday. Parents were intially told to pick their children up... more »
  • Edwards asks feds to end supervised release early

    January 22, 2013 2:37 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana's flamboyant former Gov. Edwin Edwards says he's done his time, paid $2 million in fines and forfeitures and done everything required for his supervised release, and wants the supervision to end now. Federal prosecutors support the request. They say Edwards has served more than 18 months... more »
  • La: controlled release started at Miss. dam

    August 30, 2012 3:23 PM

    MCCOMB, Miss. - Louisiana officials say a controlled release of water has begun, reducing the threat at an endangered dam at a southwest Mississippi state park. Christina Stephens, a spokeswoman for the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says Louisiana received notice of the start shortly before... more »
  • Fire, chemical release at Belle Chasse plant

    August 17, 2012 3:08 PM

    BELLE CHASSE, La. - Plaquemines Parish authorities say a chemical fire and chemical release has occurred at the Sun Drilling plant near Main and G Streets in Belle Chasse. Parish spokesman Terry Rutherford says the incident has sparked the evacuation of several government buildings in the area, including the district... more »
  • DEQ demands timeline on benzene spill

    July 24, 2012 8:41 AM

    BATON ROUGE - State officials want to know exactly when ExxonMobil Chemical Plant staff knew that the amount of released naphtha, which includes benzene, was much higher than originally reported in the wake of a June 14 spill at the Baton Rouge facility. The Department of Environmental Quality issued a... more »
  • Police release name of man found shot in tire store

    June 20, 2012 10:27 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Police identified the man found shot to death last night at a Baton Rouge tire shop, and said robbery appears to be the motive. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said Zaharan Abu Awwad, 20, was killed during the robbery at the Discount Tire store on Plank Road. ... more »
  • LISTEN: Authorities release 911 tapes of car submerged in bayou Play Video

    February 23, 2012 10:22 AM

    ST. AMANT - 911 tapes revealed the frantic efforts of rescuers as they tried to pull a woman and four children from a submerged car in Ascension Parish the night of Mardi Gras. The calls include the wife of a man who jumped into the Black Bayou to try... more »
  • Police release autopsy results from wrong-way crash Play Video

    December 1, 2011 3:15 PM

    GONZALES - Gonzales Police say autopsy results didn't turn up any medical indications as to why an Oregon woman went the wrong way on the interstate earlier this week, killing herself and one other driver in a head-on collision. Brenda Quiett of Portland, Ore. was identified as the driver... more »
  • Tuna tag and release program

    August 6, 2011 11:02 AM

    BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries plans to promote a program to catch, tag and release yellowfin tuna among sport fishermen. The department says the tagging program is meant to help scientists collect the data they need to better understand the behaviors of yellowfin tuna. LDWF... more »
  • Edwards released from home confinement

    July 6, 2011 2:28 AM

    BATON ROUGE- Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards was released from his home confinement today. Edwards signed the paperwork this morning, ending that portion of his sentence for a bribery and extortion conviction. Edwards has been staying at his daughter's home in Livingston Parish and checking into the halfway... more »
  • Report: Gov. Edwards to be released this week

    January 12, 2011 6:36 PM

    BATON ROUGE - There are reports former Governor Edwin Edwards will be released from prison before the end of the week. WVUE-Fox 8 is reporting that sources close to Edwards’ case tell them the Federal Bureau of Prisons approved a transfer order for Edwards to be moved to a... more »
  • LA 30 closed after tanker truck tips over

    November 10, 2010 12:10 PM

    ST. GABRIEL - State Police have shut down a state highway in Ascension Parish after an 18-wheeler carrying a hazardous chemical turned over and released some of its contents this morning. LA 30 at LA 3115 south of St. Gabriel has been closed while LSP and other agencies deal... more »
  • More sea turtle releases planned for Gulf

    September 9, 2010 10:34 AM

    Federal officials say they're stepping up plans to release sea turtles that were stranded and rescued during the Gulf oil spill and study how they've been affected. Barbara Schroeder, sea turtle coordinator for NOAA's fisheries division, said Thursday no turtles needing treatment from oil exposure have been found since early... more »
  • Oiled birds ready for release

    May 9, 2010 4:32 PM

    The first two oiled birds found in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are clean and ready to be released tomorrow afternoon. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will release the birds at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge in Vero Beach, Florida. The birds are a Northern Gannet and... more »
  • Edwin Edwards out of prison for Easter

    April 9, 2010 7:08 AM

    Former Governor Edwin Edwards spent his Easter out of prison and with his family. According to The Advocate Edwards was on a three-day furlough from the federal prison at Oakdale. Edwards was reportedly staying at a campground in Port Allen. The 82-year-old former governor is serving a 10-year prison term... more »

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