23 July 2008, 3:27 pm
Nearly 30 miles of the Mississippi River from New Orleans southward could be closed for days after a fuel barge and a tanker collided, spilling more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard closed the stretch Wednesday after early morning collision, deploying ten... read more
23 July 2008, 9:03 am
A police officer shocked a handcuffed Baron "Scooter" Pikes nine times with a Taser after arresting him on a cocaine charge. He stopped twitching after seven, according to a coroner's report. Soon afterward, Pikes was dead. Now the officer, since fired, could end up facing criminal charges in Pikes... read more
23 July 2008, 7:47 am
Local high school football players and business professionals are among a list of at least 100 people who have been identified by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office as anabolic steroid users, according to Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. Reports of steroid use in the area and surrounding parishes prompted... read more
23 July 2008, 7:36 am
William McNair's elaborate tattoos snake down both arms from his short-sleeved shirt, are permanent reminders of his days in the U.S. Navy. Numerous scrapbooks and pictures on the walls offer further evidence. But McNair doesn't need any external stimuli to help him recall his first wartime mission... read more
23 July 2008, 7:29 am
A 12-mile stretch of the Mississippi River is closed this morning after a tugboat collided with an tanker, causing thousands of barrels of diesel oil on a barge to spill into the waterway. No injuries were reported in the crash, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer Jaclyn Young. But morning commut... read more
23 July 2008, 6:59 am
State Treasurer John Kennedy will head straight into the November general election for U.S. Senate after his only Republican opponent withdrew from the race Tuesday. J. Jacques Boudreaux of Baton Rouge, a self-employed landscape contractor, said he just did not generate the interest he anticipated s... read more
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