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Two 20-year-old Baton Rouge men each have been ordered to spend 18 years in prison for a string of armed robberies in parking lots along the Bluebonnet Boulevard business corridor last year.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has ordered the removal of a Jefferson Parish judge accused of letting her relationships with a fellow judge and a plaintiff's attorney dictate her decision in a case.

The line began forming hours before it opened, but the wait came to end around 10 a.m. Wednesday.

A Walker man was killed in a two-vehicle crash this morning just after 6:00 am on LA 42 west of LA 44 in Ascension Parish.

Authorities were searching Saturday for a man reported missing in Bayou Segnette, near Westwego.

The Coast Guard temporarily suspended its search for a missing Westwego man at dusk Sunday and will decide Monday whether to resume the effort.

Researchers in Terrebonne Parish have been awarded $4 million to create computer models that can forecast the size and location of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

Former Ouachita Parish School Board member Phillip Odom pleaded innocent Wednesday in Caddo Parish to a charge of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

A survey done by Capital One Bank to gauge the local economic outlook has found that consumers remain cautious and families are holding off on major purchases.

The Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple says that he has no plans to step down, and that he does not understand why people think he is a racist.

It might be the ceremonial last concrete piling in a long awaited levee, but to members of the Army Corps of Engineers, it means a lot more.

It will take eight Eiffel Towers worth of steel to build the massive structure that will permanently close the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and better protect the Industrial Canal from storm surges.

Several high-level Obama administration officials heard more than three hours worth of testimony Monday from environmental groups, fishing organizations, scientists and the oil and gas industry about development of a national policy aimed at protecting the oceans and streamlining government management.

But Capital One Bank's 3rd quarter survey finds consumers still planning to hold off on making major purchases Monday, October 19, 2009 A survey conducted for Capital One Bank finds that while Louisiana consumers remain cautious and may hold off on making major purchases, many businesses in the state are feeling more confident about their financial ...

A justice of the peace refused to marry an interracial couple. This story out of Hammond, Louisiana is gaining national attention.

It was built as the home of the overseer of a sugar plantation. But an 1820s cottage on the grounds of Destrehan Plantation will see its latest incarnation as a testament to the petroleum industry in St.

Two University of Louisiana at Monroe professors have secured nearly $300,000 in grant funding for the prevention of violence against women.

Kathryn Anne Russell and Ryan Francis Heavener exchanged marriage vows at 5:30 p.m. at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home chapel in Monroe, La.

Robert Hilburn with Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison in 1968. Hilburn is to the left of Cash.

Mr. & Mrs. Keith Arabie, of Ridge, are please to announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Arabie to Justin Mire, son of Kenny Mire, of Carencro.