Napoleonville News

State highway authorities and area public officials plan to join on Tuesday morning in marking the opening of the new La.

U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon is taking a fresh look at challenging incumbent U.S. Senator David Vitter next year.

A last-minute push for a constitutional amendment to strip control of college tuition rates from the Legislature fell short in the session's final hours Thursday, with state higher education leaders and their legislative backers promising to return with the issue next year.

A handful of tax exemptions and tax credits were hitchhiked onto other bills Wednesday on the House floor the day before today's session's end.

Something is different these days at Gene Adolf's sugarcane farm near Napoleonville.

A bill that backers claim would have made sweeping changes in the way school boards operate by taking elected board members out of the day-to-day operations of schools and vesting more authority in the hired superintendents died on the House floor, 47-50. The vote means that House Bill 851 by Rep.

NAPOLEONVILLE, La. - State police say a single-car wreck in Assumption Parish killed two people from Donaldsonville over the weekend.

Internet users in Louisiana would be subject to a new tax under a bill moving through the Legislature that aims to beef up the attorney general's ability to investigate online sex predators.

The governor's office is sending some big time grants for small city and town police crime labs.

With U.S. Senator David Vitter facing re-election next year, potential opponents are now starting to seriously consider the race.

These Louisiana dealers are among those Chrysler LLC said it plans to end relationships with.

The House passed a "green school" construction bill Thursday that authorizes $6 billion a year to produce more energy-efficient schools and includes a separate $600 million allocation for Gulf Coast schools damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Chrysler LLC has told a bankruptcy court it plans to eliminate 14 of its dealerships in Louisiana including a location in New Roads and another in Napoleonville.

With important matters of funding health care and education and setting a course for the state's future well under way in Baton Rouge, a purely political battle brewing may not seem all that important.

President Barack Obama wants Congress to crack down on banks he says are using "any reason" to raise interest rates and late fees on credit card accounts.

There's so much to do in New Orleans that a tourist might be forgiven for overlooking attractions just outside the city.

"Cajun Joe" Theriot's voice immediately brings to mind Zydeco music and savory dishes such as crawfish etouffee, jambalaya, and red beans and rice.

The Student Government Association held its run-off debates Tuesday in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Smith-Brown Memorial Union.

A baby alligator is handled by a tourist on the Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour, a boat trip from Marrero, La., through manmade canals to the Bayou aux Carpes.

Gorging on live music is an annual tradition at the French Quarter Festival, long a one-stop shop for New Orleans' club scene.