Venice News

As the oil seeps from the capsized carcass of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 52 miles off Venice, La., and the bdies of 11 workers remain undiscovered in the Gulf of Mexico, the incredible stupidity of recent White House approval for drilling off the coast of Florida is dramatized in a way nothing else can.

The commercial fishermen featured on " Ragin' Cajuns " are a tough bunch. They have to be, as make their livelihood plying the bayou near Venice, Louisiana in search of shrimp.

As the oil seeps from the capsized carcass of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 52 miles off Venice, La., and the bdies of 11 workers remain undiscovered in the Gulf of Mexico, the incredible stupidity of recent White House approval for drilling off the coast of Florida is dramatized in a way nothing else can.

The bay turn coppery red, but the color did not come from silt washed down the adjacent Mississippi River.

As the oil seeps from the capsized carcass of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 52 miles off Venice, La., and the bdies of 11 workers remain undiscovered in the Gulf of Mexico, the incredible stupidity of recent White House approval for drilling off the coast of Florida is dramatized in a way nothing else can.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for central Plaquemines Parish until 7:45 a.m. Thursday morning.

As the oil seeps from the capsized carcass of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 52 miles off Venice, La., and the bdies of 11 workers remain undiscovered in the Gulf of Mexico, the incredible stupidity of recent White House approval for drilling off the coast of Florida is dramatized in a way nothing else can.

The first phase of a major road project to provide the West Bank with another east-west corridor and take industrial traffic off congested roads in Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes got under way Friday as officials broke ground on the $15 million Peters Road expansion project.

As the oil seeps from the capsized carcass of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 52 miles off Venice, La., and the bdies of 11 workers remain undiscovered in the Gulf of Mexico, the incredible stupidity of recent White House approval for drilling off the coast of Florida is dramatized in a way nothing else can.

A federal-state task force overseeing smaller coastal restoration projects took no action again Thursday to block its 2010 decision to close the West Bay sediment diversion near the mouth of the Mississippi River.

The History Channel's 'Swamp People,' about alligator hunters in the Atchafalaya Basin, has been a hit reality TV show.

VENICE, La. - The Coast Guard says a coal freighter has run aground near the mouth of the Mississippi River and a tug has been dispatched to free it.

The list of initial projects covered by $1 billion pledged by BP to begin to repair the damage done by the 2010 oil spill includes creating 104 acres of marsh, placing oyster cultch on six public seed beds and upgrading a Grand Isle oyster hatchery.

TV listings for the week of Jan. 15 - 21 in PDF format are also available at latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL for Jimmy , who wants to keep up with his brilliant daughter in a new episode of the comedy "Raising Hope" at 9:30 p.m. on Fox.

The TV trend is entrenched: Reality shows about hard men and women doing hard work are ratings gold.

If it wasn't for the 24 free throws they missed, the UL Ragin' Cajuns might have had a cakewalk.