07/01/11 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has designated DeSoto and Red River parishes in northwestern Louisiana as natural disaster areas due to tornadoes in late April.
06/30/11 With the Fourth of July days away and the ban on fireworks in Shreveport and Bossier Parish remaining in place--except the city of Haughton and those who live in the jurisdiction of the East 80 Fire Department-- it seemed like time to see what other nearby areas are permitting for Americans celebration of independence.
06/29/11 Shreveport and Bossier City decided Thursday morning to continue with the fireworks ban due to the dry conditions. Click here to find out more on Ark-La-Tex fireworks bans.
06/28/11 This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff's Office says. 10th Street and...
06/18/11 Your daily Editors' Pick of events in and around New Orleans for June 18, 2011
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06/13/11 Responding to Ron Thibodeaux's column "Machine-gun fodder in the development wars," reader maurepas commented in part: Ellis Lucia, The Times-PicayuneMotorists navigate a construction zone on Louisiana 21 south of Covington in this file photo. "The failure of the planners in St. Tammany...
06/09/11 The Louisiana Mineral and Energy Board collected about $2.3 million for the June sale of mineral rights on state- and local-government owned land. This month, the board awarded 24 leases covering about 2,800 acres, out of 49 available tracts covering about 40,000 acres.
06/09/11 The Louisiana Mineral and Energy Board collected about $2.3 million for the June sale of mineral rights on state- and local-government owned land.
06/01/11 With the arrest of three suspects, Webster Sheriff's investigators believe they've solved more than 200 cases of theft of copper from gas well locations throughout Webster and Bienville Parishes.
06/01/11 For nearly a week, Webster Sheriff's investigators have been working on more than 200 collective cases of theft of copper oil and gas equipment from gas well locations throughout Webster and Bienville Parishes.
05/24/11 Today is Monday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2011. There are 222 days left in the year. On May 23, 1911, the newly completed New York Public Library was dedicated by President William Howard Taft, Gov. John Alden Dix and Mayor William Jay Gaynor (the library was opened to the public the next day).
05/23/11 "Jerseymen" were chased from Easton's Riverside Park in 1911; Easton man wraps himself in the flag 25 years ago.
05/23/11 On May 23, 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop said there was " solid" evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers.
05/22/11 Scott McCabe Examiner Staff Writer Follow Him @Scott_McCabe On this day, May 23, in 1934, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde were gunned down on a desolate road near their hide-out in Bienville Parish, La. The exploits of Clyde Barrow, 23, and Bonnie Parker, 24, caught the American imagination during the Great Depression. The public romanticized the lovers' "Robin Hood" adventures, even ...
05/13/11 This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff's Office says. . 15th Street and...
05/11/11 Fest will benefit Michael Bordelon, co-owner of Liuzza's, who was hit by a drunk driver earlier this year.
05/09/11 BATON ROUGE - Governor Jindal today held a UCG meeting with state agency heads and federal officials including the Corps of Engineers, the National Weather Service and the US Coast Guard to prepare for the rising Miss. River levels and the Corps' potential decision to open the Morganza Spillway.
05/06/11 Show your love by surprising mum with Baskin-Robbins ice cream cakes, custom-made only to her liking. Whether it is World Class Chocolate, Mint Chocolate Chip or Mango Tango, you will be spoilt for choice as there are more than 20 ice cream flavours to choose from.
03/30/11 In recent weeks there has been some discussion and debate regarding which basin in the U.S. is producing the largest amount of natural gas. Prior to the meteoric rise of drilling in the Haynesville Shale, the clear leader in natural gas production was unquestionably the Barnett Shale. | 
