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 Post.com http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/10/id/58efbe858884606b/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 30 BOGALUSA, LA (WLOX) - The man who reportedly said he was never going back to prison is now doing just that. Escaped inmate Johnny Hall was captured Wednesday afternoon in Bogalusa, Louisiana. His ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343815/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:07:52 -0500 WLOX http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343815/ There are 53 major parades yet to roll through Greater New Orleans, including Jefferson Parish and Slidell. Varying in size, theme and location, there are enough of these free street shows to ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346099/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:25:38 -0500 Examiner http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346099/ Mardi Gras parade, any unauthorized vehicle on any part of the published parade route will be ticketed and towed. This will ensure public safety and facilitate the flow of the Carnival Krewes ($75 ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203344737/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:07:07 -0500 ABC 26 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203344737/ NEW ORLEANS— Expect to see doggies donning their coolest costumes this weekend as Barkus wags its way through the French Quarter. But where does man's best friend get a perfect getup ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203344738/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:07:03 -0500 ABC 26 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203344738/ "The Tomb" will feature Schwarzenegger as an inmate opposite Stallone, who plays the designer of a master prison forced to escape from his own jailhouse. Directed by Mikael Hafstrom, ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346095/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:58 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346095/ JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A month after former Gov. Haley Barbour ended two terms in office by pardoning nearly 200 people including convicted killers, Mississippi's highest court will take up the ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346096/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:56 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346096/ NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A New Orleans police officer under investigation by the FBI was found dead, and his attorney said Wednesday that he may have committed ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346097/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:52 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346097/ BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget won't propose cuts to public colleges next year and would give the schools an extra $100 million if lawmakers agree to raise retirement ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346098/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:48 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203346098/ Louisiana spillway and discovered the remains of at least five pre-civil war slaves.On Wednesday night - 36 years later - army officials will meet members of the local community to discuss how they ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203341000/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:01 -0500 The Guardian http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203341000/ BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Baton Rouge police investigating the shooting death of a 4-year-old boy have been unable to find the gun involved.While initial reports indicate the child might have found ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343819/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:42 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343819/ ADDIS, LA (WAFB) - Officials have agreed to put a temporary traffic light at a dangerous intersection that has been the site of three deadly crashes in less than a year. DOTD secretary Sherri ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343818/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:40 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343818/ LIVINGSTON, LA (WAFB) - The manslaughter trial began Wednesday for a man who says it was a case of self-defense. Ernest Beraud, 54, of Albany is accused of shooting and killing Leonard Johnson, ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343817/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:39 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343817/ BATON ROUGE, La. -- Eighteen of LSU's regular-season baseball games will be televised in 2012 by national and regional networks. LSU's televised games are part of the 15-year Southeastern ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343816/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:38 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343816/ BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A second suspect was taken into custody on attempted murder charges in the shooting that left a Baton Rouge councilman's son badly wounded. The Baton Rouge Police ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343821/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:36 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343821/ CAMDENTON, MO (KYTV/CNN) – A baby in Missouri is in critical condition after her throat was slit by her mother. Deputies in Camden County responded to the 911 call from Bradie Simpson's ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343822/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:33 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343822/ (WSCR) Wednesday’s Bulls-Hornets game just got a little more funny. Actor Will Ferrell will announce the starting lineups for tonight’s Bulls game in New ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343973/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:50:58 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343973/ Rose will still be a game-time decision, but he spent Tuesday’s off-day in New Orleans resting and feels a lot better. ';I should be ready to go tonight,'; he said Wednesday ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343974/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:50:56 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203343974/ Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced that his office has recovered $25.2 million from five pharmaceutical companies that he sued alleging unlawful inflation of drug costs paid by ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203338805/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:28 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203338805/ Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired of Detlefs Johnson & Partners located in Baton Rouge, La. Terms of the transaction were not ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203339619/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:24 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203339619/ School officials are investigating a political art project that displayed images of President Barack Obama on a "hunting season" sign and with a bullet wound to the ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203331929/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:21:05 -0500 NewsTalk Radio 810 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203331929/ Mardi Gras season. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director John LeBlanc says Mardi Gras is one of the deadliest seasons in Louisiana. LeBlanc tells The Advocate LHSC has provided ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203333774/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:43:47 -0500 Fox News http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203333774/ BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - I-12 East has been reopened after being blocked for over five hours because an 18-wheeler overturned early Wednesday morning. The driver of the 18-wheeler was cited by ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203333773/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:42:31 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203333773/ Sports News: New Orleans, DeMarcus Cousins had 28 points and 19 rebounds, as the Sacramento Kings erased an 18-point deficit en route to a 100-92 victory over the slumping New Orleans Hornets on ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203327644/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:54:47 -0500 KeralaNext http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203327644/ NEW ORLEANS— Promotions within the NOPD are having an affect in Lakeview. The Coordinator of The Lakeview Crime Prevention District has a new rank, and now has to move out of the 3rd ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326705/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:31:40 -0500 ABC 26 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326705/ BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Governor Bobby Jindal called the LSU Health System's latest attempt to fixing a $29 million budget hole "irresponsible." Jindal said the system waited too ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326116/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:15 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326116/ OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Before Morris Claiborne celebrated his 22nd birthday and was honored as the Jim Thorpe Award at a dinner Tuesday night, the All-American from LSU had work to do. He started his ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326115/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:13 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326115/ BATON ROUGE – The LSU softball program played host to its annual media Day Tuesday at Tiger Park. Head coach Beth Torina previewed the upcoming season, and took questions from the media for ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326114/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:12 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326114/ DENHAM SPRINGS, LA (WAFB) - Shopping, entertainment and dining choices all in one location. For a year, Livingston Parish residents have seen signs that say the first phase of stores at Juban ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326117/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:09 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326117/ The Giants have won the Super Bowl and it's time to look toward the offseason, what moves will the Saints make to get back to the Super Bowl? The WAFB Sports Team has selected several stories ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326118/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:07 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326118/ Police say a dozen students are in custody while they sort out who to charge and what to charge them with after a brawl on a Caddo school bus Monday ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326119/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:05 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326119/ Powell and his sons, Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5, died of smoke inhalation Sunday, but the injuries the boys sustained from the hatchet contributed to their deaths as well. (Source: ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326120/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:01 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326120/ Frantic parents rushed to take their kids out of school at Germain Elementary as soon as they heard that school janitor was arrested for lewd acts against a child. (Source: ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326121/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:00 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203326121/ RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Louisiana man who challenged a Virginia prison system policy that restricts the kind of CDs inmates can ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318918/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:21:55 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318918/ NEW ORLEANS— Valentine's Day is certainly on women's minds, but what are their men actually planning for them. News With A Twist Reporters, Vanessa Bolano and Kenny Lopez take a ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203319705/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:26:38 -0500 ABC 26 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203319705/ BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget adviser has agreed to participate in a year-long program for DWI offenders instead of standing trial for his recent drunken driving ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203320873/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:58:19 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203320873/ MONROE, La. (AP) -- Three men have been sentenced to prison terms for tying a noose around a dead raccoon's neck and hanging it from a flagpole to intimidate black students at a north Louisiana ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203320874/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:58:17 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203320874/ BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- On his push for widespread change to the way Louisiana educates its students and judges its teachers, Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal has an unlikely ally in Democratic U.S. ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203320872/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:58:16 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203320872/ HAMMOND, LA (WAFB) - Two men are behind bars after an online sting operation by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office.Detectives say Gregory Stelly, 54, was taken into custody after he ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318916/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:45:09 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318916/ BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A $365 million expansion of NuStar Energy LP's crude oil terminal on the Mississippi River is expected to create 32 new jobs in St. James Parish. The company and Gov. ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318915/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:45:07 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318915/ TICKFAW, LA (WAFB) - Sheriff's deputies are looking for a Tickfaw couple on theft charges.According to reports, Ladonna Laborde, 40, and Bobby Tillman, 47, stole and forged $10,000 in checks ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318917/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:45:06 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318917/ NEW ORLEANS — A scientific report issued by Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration predicts that the Louisiana coast could see about 3 feet of sea level rise along the already low and ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318913/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:27:47 -0500 Deseret News http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203318913/ Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning says a 55-year-old Kaplan man is accused of setting a dozen fires, including one that destroyed the vacant Kaplan Rice Mill. Browning and ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203315859/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:07:30 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203315859/ BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed changes to benefits for state workers are unconstitutional, unnecessarily harsh and unfair to employees vested in the system, state ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203312972/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:59:06 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203312972/ DESTREHAN, La. (AP) -- On Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers will describe its plans to re-bury bones unearthed 36 years ago from cemeteries created for slaves before the Civil War and used for ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203312971/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:59:04 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203312971/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas and Missouri officials are working together to fend off New Orleans' effort to lure a Marine Corps data center and its 400 high-paying jobs away from Kansas ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203312973/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:59:03 -0500 Associated Press http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203312973/ PONCHATOULA, LA (WAFB) - A 20-year-old man was arrested on drug and weapon charges after what authorities believe was a drive-by shooting early Monday morning. The Tangipahoa Parish ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203310760/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:02 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203310760/ SHIPPENSBURG, PA (AP) - Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain the "morning-after" pill from an unusual source - a vending machine at the campus health center. The vending ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203310762/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:45:57 -0500 WAFB 9 http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203310762/ Follow this company (NYSE: LPX) continued to see its losses grow in the fourth quarter of 2011. The company reported losses of $46.6 million, or 34 cents per diluted share, for the ... http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203306579/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:33:14 -0500 Nashville Business Journal http://story.batonrougepost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/58efbe858884606b/id/203306579/