Provides the latest RSS feeds for Louisiana News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Baton Rouge News.net http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/cat/58efbe858884606b/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:00:31 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:00:31 -0400 30 Police car lights. (QMI Agency) A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in New Orleans after causing the death of his 5-year-old half-sister using wrestling moves he had seen on television, police said. Viloude Louis died Sunday afternoon of blunt force trauma to her body, including broken ribs and a damaged liver, police said, after the boy wrestled with her using World Wrestling ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215308117/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:01:29 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215308117/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal has agreed that state agencies should be banned from paying unequal wages to employees of different genders for the same ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215309093/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:57:27 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215309093/scat/58efbe858884606b Grigsby says radar indicates that the storm weakened and broke apart as it moved over the barrier island. He says meteorologists won't know whether it stayed on the ground until they go to Grand Isle and survey the ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215309092/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:57:25 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215309092/scat/58efbe858884606b waterspout Wednesday afternoon. WWL-TV in New Orleans says that the Grand Isle Fire Department is reporting a power line was knocked down and there was some shingle damage on a home, as the spout mostly stayed out to sea. The waterspout happened around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The video was shot by Tyler Smith of Grand Isle. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215308841/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:36 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215308841/scat/58efbe858884606b The search for a missing 10-month-old boy from Birmingham is over. Birmingham police say he and his alleged captor were found in Dallas, Texas around 11:30 Tuesday night. A missing child alert was ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215307441/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:46:47 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215307441/scat/58efbe858884606b bogalusa medical center BATON ROUGE - The LSU Board of Supervisors has agreed to a contract privatizing its rural Bogalusa hospital in January. The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, which operates four private hospitals in Louisiana, will take over management of LSU's Bogalusa Medical Center, effective Jan. 6. As with similar previous deals, the board signed off on the ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215306143/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:07:19 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215306143/scat/58efbe858884606b The president and at least two other executives of a Louisiana explosives recycling company were among six people arrested Tuesday in the investigation of how the material was ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215306414/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:41:49 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215306414/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge couple and their five children are safe and are thankful they survived a fire that destroyed their home early Wednesday morning. The father was at work when the fire started and the mother jumped into action to get her children out of the house. The fire sparked at a duplex in the 700 block of Holt Drive in Baton Rouge shortly after 3 a.m. Holt is off ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215306146/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:11 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215306146/scat/58efbe858884606b The I-10 East on ramp from veterans Memorial Boulevard will close from 9:30 p.m. June 19 to 5:30 a.m. June 20 while crews move pile driving equipment across the ramp. A suggested detour is the Clearview Parkway entrance to I-10 ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215304937/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:40 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215304937/scat/58efbe858884606b Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215304628/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:50:34 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215304628/scat/58efbe858884606b Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is getting better organized and is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall along Mexico's Gulf ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215304550/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:50:33 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215304550/scat/58efbe858884606b ALBANY, LA (WAFB) - Sherman Mack, the attorney for Livingston Parish School Board President Malcolm Sibley, says his client will not face any additional charges for his role in a wreck Saturday morning that killed a Mississippi man. Investigators with Louisiana State Police executed a warrant Monday morning to seize the truck owned by ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215303595/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:20:18 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215303595/scat/58efbe858884606b Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman hosted Wednesday's meeting. At a news conference, he discussed evacuation plans for his office's facilities and inmates in the Orleans Parish Prison. Also discussed were New Orleans' booking procedures for anyone arrested during or after an evacuation; and, coordination with neighboring sheriff's ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215302384/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:20 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215302384/scat/58efbe858884606b board BATON ROUGE - Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has received new responsibilities from state lawmakers, giving him oversight of a board that promotes Louisiana seafood. Dardenne spoke to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board on Wednesday about the change. While Dardenne said he didn't seek the new responsibility, he said the board will fit into his office, which is charged with ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215302240/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:17 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215302240/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The White Castle ferry is shutting down a week early because the state has no staff to continue operating the vessel until its planned June 28 ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215302520/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:17:26 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215302520/scat/58efbe858884606b He went there. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced his support for one of the most divisive football teams in the country--and it's not one of the two teams that play in his ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215300465/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:55 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215300465/scat/58efbe858884606b meeting BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is scheduled Thursday to approve its annual operating budget, but board members remain divided on some of Superintendent Bernard Taylor's proposed spending and cutting plans. The School Board is debating a proposed $426.6 million budget that includes $6.2 million worth of cuts. That budget, however, doesn't reflect the ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215300314/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:46 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215300314/scat/58efbe858884606b Hello, my name is Elbert Lee Guillory, and I'm the senator for the twenty-fourth district right here in beautiful Louisiana. Recently I made what many are referring to as a 'bold decision' to switch my party affiliation to the Republican Party. I wanted to take a moment to explain why I became a Republican, and also to explain why I don't think it was a bold decision at all. ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215300318/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:03 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215300318/scat/58efbe858884606b EUNICE, La. (AP) -- The "sexting" case against former Eunice High School teacher Jackie Fruge, originally filed in Eunice Municipal Court, is likely to be upgraded to a felony and moved to the state district ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215300756/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:27 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215300756/scat/58efbe858884606b http://bit.ly/141FLlC ) the East Baton Rouge city-parish government is in the process of refunding the school system for the past year of service, but the payments can only be made $17,000 at a ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215298518/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:53:59 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215298518/scat/58efbe858884606b HAMMOND, LA (WAFB) - Authorities report they have identified the man suspected of numerous car break-ins over the past couple of weeks. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said the man seen in a surveillance image is Kenneth Dunkin, 55, of Hammond. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Sheriff Daniel Edwards said Dunkin will be charged with attempted burglary when he is ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215298267/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:48 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215298267/scat/58efbe858884606b LSU fans watched on pins and needles from the get go Tuesday afternoon as the Tigers fell behind early in their elimination game at the College World Series. Fans like Thomas Allen, who called in ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215298266/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:48 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215298266/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Louisiana Workforce Investment Council has approved a detailed plan on how to help the state meet the impending demand for skilled crafts ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215296977/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:42 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215296977/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- In efforts to help families and individuals with housing needs and foreclosure prevention, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials are awarding more than $40 million in housing counseling grants to 334 national, regional and local organizations. Among those groups, the Louisiana Housing Corporation in Baton Rouge was named as the only agency in the ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215296978/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:41 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215296978/scat/58efbe858884606b http://townta.lk/11L3gfX ) the education committee of the Rapides Parish School Board on Tuesday sent the issue to the full board meeting set for July ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215296976/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:41 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215296976/scat/58efbe858884606b VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Even after a new Mississippi gun law takes effect July 1, federal law will still prohibit people from openly carrying weapons on property run by the U.S. Army Corps of ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215295126/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:33:27 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215295126/scat/58efbe858884606b AMITE, La. (AP) -- An increase in state funding and some shifting of local funds enabled the Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Finance Committee to recommend adoption of a 2013-14 budget that would maintain the district's number of ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215295127/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:33:27 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215295127/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana has received a $500,000 check as part of Temple Inland's sentencing for polluting the Pearl River in 2011 with illegal discharges from its Bogalusa paper mill that killed thousands of ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215293552/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:48 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215293552/scat/58efbe858884606b LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- The Lafayette Parish School Board has approved a proposed $256 million spending plan for the 2013-14 school year that offers a $3,979 ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215293551/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:48 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215293551/scat/58efbe858884606b MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) -- About $60 million worth of marine vessels and support equipment ranging from bunk beds to barges used as living quarters by people working on the BP oil spill cleanup are going on the auction ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215293553/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:48 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215293553/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Members of the LSU and Southern University system governing boards will have to disclose which students receive scholarships from ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215293554/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:47 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215293554/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a house fire early Wednesday morning. It sparked at a home in the 700 block of Holt Drive in Baton Rouge around 3:30 a.m. Holt is off Goodwood Boulevard near its intersection with South Flannery Road. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said the fire is under control and no injuries have been reported. It is not ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215292134/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:46 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215292134/scat/58efbe858884606b Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215287519/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:21 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215287519/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The program to reduce crime in East Baton Rouge Parish is set to take on another zip code racked with trouble. Almost one year after the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination project, or BRAVE, enforcement officers took to the 70805 zip code, they're now looking to take on more. "My cousin got shot right around that corner some years back over an incident he ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215287520/scat/58efbe858884606b Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:20 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215287520/scat/58efbe858884606b New Orleans police said 15-year-old Shanna Rodgers was last seen about 10 p.m. Monday in her home in the 4600 block of Gabriel Drive. Rodgers' mother told officers she checked on her daughter, but she was not in her ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215285902/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:15:33 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215285902/scat/58efbe858884606b From LSU Sports OMAHA, Neb. – North Carolina pitcher Trent Thornton limited top-ranked LSU to two runs over seven innings and a comeback bid came up short as the Tar Heels eliminated the Tigers from the College World Series by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon at TD Ameritrade Park. LSU (57-11) concluded a memorable season, tying the school and Southeastern Conference record for ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215286020/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:21 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215286020/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The state education board is on track to spend $2 million from an oil and gas trust fund for a pilot program to expand online high school course offerings to public school ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215285249/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:12 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215285249/scat/58efbe858884606b Trent Thornton hurled seven efficient innings and Brian Holberton homered Tuesday in North Carolina's 4-2 College World Series win over Louisiana State. Thornton, a freshman, allowed two runs on nine hits and overcame four walks while Colin Moran chipped in with three hits, an RBI and two runs scored as the top-seeded Tar Heels eliminated LSU. With the victory, North Carolina advances to a ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215285034/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:29:41 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215285034/scat/58efbe858884606b NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.The hypoxic zone in the Gulf is ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284109/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:14 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284109/scat/58efbe858884606b Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284239/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:16 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284239/scat/58efbe858884606b PONCHATOULA, LA (WAFB) - U.S. Marshals have captured an inmate who walked away from a work release program. According to reports, Tederick Bessie walked away from Elmer's Chocolate Factory in Ponchatoula around 6 a.m. Monday. He was captured just before 5 p.m. Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Office. Bessie, 30, had been serving time for simple robbery. He was scheduled for release in ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284012/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:15 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284012/scat/58efbe858884606b DENHAM SPRINGS, LA (WAFB) - Engineers have a warning for Livingston Parish leaders about a potential problem with a newly-constructed road. The parish spent $2.2 million making Eden Church Road in Denham Springs safer, but another issue has surfaced. When construction on Eden Church Road got underway, residents like Terry Woodworth could hardly wait for the highway to open. "It was real ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284011/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:15 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284011/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The principal at a Baton Rouge school says they have no money for maintenance and barely have someone to change light bulbs. So, when a local company offered to help for no charge, they said bring it on. Around Hope Academy, on Jefferson Highway, there are people all over. Some are cutting grass, some cutting hedges and others asking where they can find more paint. ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284010/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:15 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215284010/scat/58efbe858884606b Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday signed a bill by Keithville Sen. Sherri Buffington that allows for the donations. The legislation came after state health inspectors destroyed 1,600 pounds of deer meat donated by hunters to a homeless shelter in northwest ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215283129/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:31:49 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215283129/scat/58efbe858884606b Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215282873/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:08 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215282873/scat/58efbe858884606b HOUSTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and five others were injured in an explosion that rattled a fertilizer plant in the U.S. state of Louisiana Friday evening, local media reported. The explosion, caused by a nitrogen vessel rupture, happened at around 6:15 p.m. at CF Industries in Donaldsonville, a southern city located along the west bank of the Mississippi River, local media ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215281659/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:09:03 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215281659/scat/58efbe858884606b Louisiana State Police reports I-10 East is closed at Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge due to multiple crashes. Traffic on I-10 East is being diverted onto I-49 North.Drivers trying to get ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215280528/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:07 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215280528/scat/58efbe858884606b NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a smaller than average dead zone is expected.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released predictions Tuesday for areas with too little oxygen to support life.It says the Gulf zone prediction is 7,286 to 8,561 square miles - anywhere ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279431/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:34:10 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279431/scat/58efbe858884606b TERRYTOWN, LA (WAFB) - A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second degree murder after his 5-year-old sister died Sunday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Detectives say the boy admitted to practicing "WWE" moves on the girl, even after she told him that she was in pain. According to reports, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Deputies were called to a house in Terrytown, LA ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279305/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:09 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279305/scat/58efbe858884606b THIBODAUX, LA (WAFB) - Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife Fisheries are offering a $3,500 reward for information on who poisoned a pair of bald eagles.The eagles were found in a field near Martinez Rd. in Thibodaux. Testing revealed that the eagles had ingested large amounts of poison in late March or early April. X-rays performed on the birds ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279304/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:09 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279304/scat/58efbe858884606b OMAHA, NE (WAFB) - Landon Lassiter started the top of the third inning with a double down the third base line for North Carolina. Moran followed with his second hit and Lassiter scored from second giving the UNC a 3-0 lead over LSU.Brent Bonvillain replaced Glenn and quickly gave up a single to Holbertson and a walk to Cody Stubbs to load the bases. Bonvillain retired the next three batters to ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279303/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:09 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279303/scat/58efbe858884606b A pre-dawn blast at a natural gas line lit up the eastern Louisiana sky Tuesday, but no injuries or significant property damage were reported, officials said. The explosion occurred about 5:30 a.m. CDT south of Franklinton, the seat of Washington Parish, The (New Orleans) Time Picayune reported. The 30-inch line was quickly shut down and the fire extinguished, said Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279306/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:04:03 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215279306/scat/58efbe858884606b killed NEW ORLEANS - Federal investigators say someone poisoned and killed two bald eagles in Thibodaux. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries are offering $3,500 for information leading to the conviction of whoever killed the national birds. Fish and Wildlife Service agent Sidney Charbonnet says the eagles were found in early April, about ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215278049/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215278049/scat/58efbe858884606b half brother NEW ORLEANS- A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb has been arrested after authorities say he told them he used TV wrestling moves on his 5-year-old half-sister, who died from the beating. Jefferson Parish sheriff's spokesman Col. John Fortunato says the boy was arrested Tuesday after a coroner's investigation found the girl died of multiple injuries, including ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215278051/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215278051/scat/58efbe858884606b LSU AgCenter cotton specialist David Kerns says farmers are switching to soybeans and corn because prices are better and the crops are less expensive to ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215277015/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:34 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215277015/scat/58efbe858884606b BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Some drivers have already been enjoying the widened stretch along I-10 between Highland Road and Siegen Lane for the past couple days. A ribbon cutting Tuesday morning made the completion of the project official. City leaders joined the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) for a ceremony celebrating the completion of the six-lane, $60 million ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215276729/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:21 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215276729/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:21pm EDT * Part of Florida Gas Transmission line shut after explosion * Fifty-five residents evacuated * Florida gas prices up, in line with other regions By Edward McAllister and Eileen Houlihan June 18 (Reuters) - A major natural gas pipeline exploded on Tuesday in Washington Parish, Louisiana, destroying a mobile home and causing an evacuation of the area but no injuries ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215276728/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:21:59 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215276728/scat/58efbe858884606b Click here to view the study. The 28.2 percent increase was more than 10 percent greater than the No. 2 city on the list, Chula Vista, Calif. "Its fast growth is partially a rebound effect from its massive population loss after Katrina, but is also a function of a striking economic revival that I have seen firsthand as a consultant in the area," wrote study author Joel Kotkin. ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215275522/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:06 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215275522/scat/58efbe858884606b View results An early morning gas line explosion on Tuesday sent residents of one Louisiana community packing, as emergency responders rushed to extinguish the flames and contain the fire.';We’ve evacuated around 55 people,'; said one emergency responder, in a WWL-TV report. ';There have been no fatalities; no one died. There’s no injuries.'; Firefighters have the ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215275332/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:02 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215275332/scat/58efbe858884606b morganza HOUMA - The Terrebonne Levee District is gearing up for its busiest year of levee-building yet as its board plans to move ahead with millions of dollars in construction paid for with a new 1/2-cent sales tax. The Courier reports the board will review its upcoming budget at a meeting noon Wednesday. Terrebonne Levee Director Reggie Dupre said this fiscal year's budget, which ... http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215275333/scat/58efbe858884606b Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:19:58 -0400 http://www.batonrougenews.net/index.php/sid/215275333/scat/58efbe858884606b