06/02/11 CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana waste collection service formed in the days after the Hurricane Katrina disaster is being taken over by a major waste disposal company. Terms of the agreement between SDT Waste and Debris Services LLC and IESI, a subsidiary of Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., were not revealed Thursday. SDT founder and president Sidney Torres IV will be retained as a consultant ...
06/02/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press CHALMETTE, La. A Louisiana waste collection service formed in the days after the Hurricane Katrina disaster is being taken over by a major waste disposal company. Terms of the agreement between SDT Waste and Debris Services LLC and IESI, a subsidiary of Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., were not revealed Thursday. SDT founder and president Sidney Torres ...
06/01/11 n The spill threatens the state's tourism despite still oil-free beaches. BILOXI - Paul Dawa and friend Ezekial Momgeri spent Memorial Day on Biloxi beach, sipping Coronas after a night at the Hard Rock Casino.
05/31/11 The campaign for St. Bernard Sheriff is getting an early start with the announcement that the department's second-in-command will seek the office.
05/30/11 Chalmette, LA - Fallen troops were honored Sunday at the Chalmette National Cemetery on Sunday. Dozens of veterans and family member attended the ceremony. On Memorial Day, people continued to pay their respects to the nation's veterans at one of the country's oldest national cemeteries. FOX 8 Anchor John Snell captured these images this morning.
05/26/11 May 26 (Reuters) - One U.S. refinery near the rain-swollen Mississippi River has started to return operations to normal as flood waters recede and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began closing flood gates at the Morganza Spillway on Wednesday.
05/25/11 AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyJames O'Keefe, left, walks out of the St. Bernard Parish jail in Chalmette, La. in this January 2010 file photo. O'Keefe was one of four people arrested by the FBI and accused of trying to interfere with phones...
05/23/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. A New Orleans area lawmaker's proposal to tax the piping of natural gas through Louisiana failed to win approval Monday from a House committee, likely killing the tax hike for the session. Rep. Reed Henderson, D-Chalmette, said the legislation would help cover state budget shortfalls, as well as repair environmental damage from existing ...
05/20/11 St. Bernard Parish has put a deadline on an elected leader, giving her more time to get things in order before they bulldoze her home.
05/19/11 Shreveport Police investigate Thursday morning an alleged carjacking overnight. So far police have arrested two suspects.
05/19/11 May 19 (Reuters) - The smallest of eight Louisiana refineries closely monitoring the swollen Mississippi River was shutting down units this week because of rising flood waters, a source familiar with refinery operations said on Thursday.
05/18/11 The swollen Mississippi River, already spilling over into wide areas of the Mississippi Delta, has dealt the South a heavy economic blow that is seeping into every possible corner of the regionand#8217;s commercial and agricultural life.
05/17/11 The swollen Mississippi River is washing away crops, harvests and jobs.
05/17/11 The swollen Mississippi River, already spilling over into wide areas of the Mississippi Delta, has dealt the South a heavy economic blow that is seeping into every possible corner of the region's commercial and agricultural life.
05/17/11 May 17 (Reuters) - Eight Louisiana refineries continued operating on Tuesday as the risk of flooding along the Mississippi River was shrinking with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers release of flood waters through the Morganza Spillway into the Atchafalaya River Basin.
05/16/11 May 16 (Reuters) - Eight Louisiana refineries were at lower risk of flooding as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began opening flood gates on Morganza Spillway Saturday, sending flood waters from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya River Basin.
05/12/11 PEOPLE and animals escape to higher ground as Mississippi River floods, swamping hundreds of homes and farmlands.
05/12/11 A slow migration is unfolding in central Mississippi, with people and animals seeking higher ground to escape the flooding from the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
05/12/11 Water from the swollen Mississippi River has poured over a century-old levee, flooding 4900 hectares of corn and soybeans despite farmers' frantic efforts to shore up the structure.
05/12/11 A look ahead at 60-plus movies expected to open this summer in New Orleans-area theaters | 
