Provides the latest RSS feeds for New Orleans 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/cat/aa408b759025f381/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 05:35:22 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:35:22 -0400 30 WDSU sports anchor Fletcher Mackel thinks the rebuilding franchise will select 19-year-old Croatian small forward Dario Saric with their pick. Below is Fletcher 2013 NBA mock ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214682235/scat/aa408b759025f381 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:31:12 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214682235/scat/aa408b759025f381 Matt Gumersell has lofty plans to expand his gun shop business to another section of the county.There's no secret to his timing. Gun sales are booming, and in Jefferson County alone, more concealed-carry permits have been issued this year than all of last.Gumersell, the owner of Sovereign Arms in Arnold, has his eye on the grounds of a shuttered Catholic school in the Imperial area. He ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214681221/scat/aa408b759025f381 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:19:20 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214681221/scat/aa408b759025f381 , 49, confessed to committing numerous burglaries and thefts at car dealerships throughout the metropolitan area, according to a police news ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214680223/scat/aa408b759025f381 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:44 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214680223/scat/aa408b759025f381 WDSU and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana raised just under $35,000 in a Tuesday night drive to help victims of the Oklahoma ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214680224/scat/aa408b759025f381 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:44 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214680224/scat/aa408b759025f381 The New Orleans Pelicans have received the sixth overall pick in Tuesday night's NBA draft lottery, dropping a spot after finishing with the fifth-worst record in the league this past ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214678243/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:53:49 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214678243/scat/aa408b759025f381 The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214678107/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:45:10 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214678107/scat/aa408b759025f381 Just a month ago, a tornado touched down less than a half-mile from the Audubon Elementary School - forcing students to take cover. "It started out as a normal day, but within minutes, the weather quickly turned dangerous," said Principal Bernard Tassin. Tassin said on April 24 his staff worked quickly to ensure the school's 500-plus students were in a safe location as an EF-1 ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214676026/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:39 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214676026/scat/aa408b759025f381 A 2010 audio tape, obtained exclusively by the WDSU I-Team, is riling up members of the Greater Covington NAACP and African-American community on the ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214676027/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:35 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214676027/scat/aa408b759025f381 Search-and-rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life a day after a monster tornado pulverized a vast swath of suburbs of Oklahoma ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214675954/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:49 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214675954/scat/aa408b759025f381 New Orleans police have identified Akein Scott as the alleged gunman in Sunday's Mother's Day parade shooting in the Big Easy. "We would like to remind the community and Akein Scott that the time has come for him to turn himself in," Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said of Scott, describing him as "no stranger to the criminal justice system." Officers say Scott, ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214675341/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:21:37 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214675341/scat/aa408b759025f381 A tornado struck just Moore, Oklahoma, south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, May 20, 2013, ripping apart homes and other buildings in populated areas. The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, meaning that significant and widespread damage and fatalities were ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214676028/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:19:29 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214676028/scat/aa408b759025f381 "We are so sorry what happened to you. We will pray for you and hope you get well. You are in our hearts," said Adelaide Laurant as she read aloud from a card she ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214674708/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:27 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214674708/scat/aa408b759025f381 Slidell police said they arrested a woman who stole jewelry and a digital camera from several elderly people at a nursing home and sold it to pawn ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214674709/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:26 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214674709/scat/aa408b759025f381 Search and rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life in the aftermath of the monster tornado that pulverized a vast swath of Oklahoma City's ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214671748/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:04 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214671748/scat/aa408b759025f381 Less than an hour after the league announced San Francisco would host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016 and Houston would host the game in 2017, Indiana Sports Corp. president Allison Melangton told reporters she would ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214671782/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:47:48 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214671782/scat/aa408b759025f381 The bomb squad from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is responding to West Jefferson Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.The sheriff's office reports that students were evacuated from the school, 9449 S. Barnes Ave., Conifer, after an unstable item was found in a chemistry lab.The evacuated students were gathered at the football field while the danger was assessed.The incident ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214672036/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:12 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214672036/scat/aa408b759025f381 Cleco Corp. is sending a 34-member crew to Oklahoma City to help Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company restore power to customers after a tornado destroyed its electric ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214670167/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:44 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214670167/scat/aa408b759025f381 The person says Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a press conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been publicly ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214670169/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:43 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214670169/scat/aa408b759025f381 Citing the extensive media coverage already given to the case, Judge Arthur Hunter has issued a gag order on attorneys, witnesses, relatives and others close to Akein Scott, the 19-year-old accused of firing shots into a second line crowd on Mother's ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214670168/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:43 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214670168/scat/aa408b759025f381 Police say Chase Naquin of Arabi was bicycling west on the eastbound shoulder of LA 39 near Deer Creek Street when he turned into the eastbound lane oncoming ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214668600/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:55 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214668600/scat/aa408b759025f381 Kennedy continued his attack on the deputy, who drew his weapon in self-defense and fired twice, striking Kennedy with a non-life-threatening wound, according to the sheriff's ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214668602/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:51 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214668602/scat/aa408b759025f381 A spokesman for the Kenner Police Department confirmed to WDSU that the infant was strapped into a baby carrier inside the vehicle - with the keys in the ignition and the engine running - for about an ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214668601/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:51 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214668601/scat/aa408b759025f381 G-Tekt, which manufactures auto parts for several Japanese automakers, is expanding in West Jefferson and adding 23 jobs. G-Tekt North America Corp. will proceed with a $28.6 million manufacturing plant in West Jefferson as it starts to narrow its search for a research and development facility along the Route 33 corridor between Dublin and Marysville. Both facilities will open in the first ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214669371/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:06 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214669371/scat/aa408b759025f381 State police say a 10-year-old girl died after she was ejected from a car in a crash on La. Highway 1054 northeast of Independence in Tangipahoa ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666656/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:01 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666656/scat/aa408b759025f381 The two teens arrested in connection with a kidnapping, rape and robbery in the Garden District were transferred to Orleans Parish Prison and the case will be handled in adult ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666655/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:01 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666655/scat/aa408b759025f381 State police figures show most also won less than they did a year ago. The big exceptions were 8.7 percent one-year increases at both L'Auberge Lake Charles and the slots casino at the New Orleans Fair ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666658/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:01 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666658/scat/aa408b759025f381 Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666657/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666657/scat/aa408b759025f381 Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666372/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:55 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214666372/scat/aa408b759025f381 Beau Badeaux, 24, along with two male minors, ages 16 and 15, were arrested on three counts of aggravated arson each. Additionally, Badeaux was booked on six counts of delinquency of a ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214664368/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:00 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214664368/scat/aa408b759025f381 Officers followed a trail of blood leading across the street to an open field in the 2200 block of Alex Kornman Street. There, officers found the body of 32-year-old Larry Wix. He was pronounced dead on the ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214664367/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:57 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214664367/scat/aa408b759025f381 An oil tank has exploded in Louisiana, several miles outside of Baton Rouge, reported the Associated Press. The explosion, which happened late Thursday night near Denham Springs, prompted the evacuation of 30 to 35 homes. No injuries have been reported thus far. The fire is contained in a 200-square-footarea. One of two oil holding tanks that were at the scene ruptured and caught fire but ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214664369/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:00 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214664369/scat/aa408b759025f381 A massive, howling tornado pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, chewing up homes and businesses, and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214662657/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:11 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214662657/scat/aa408b759025f381 The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214658014/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:28:03 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214658014/scat/aa408b759025f381 When a ferocious storm hit De Soto High School dead-on in 2003, no children were hurt, thanks in part to the efforts of two track coaches who ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214654946/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:09:01 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214654946/scat/aa408b759025f381 A U.S. flag lays among debris in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013 following a tornado up to a mile wide which swept through the Oklahoma City ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214655223/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:19 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214655223/scat/aa408b759025f381 The Delgado baseball team was in Oklahoma competing for a shot to go to the Junior College World Series. Instead, they encountered a series of severe ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214654430/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:07:36 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214654430/scat/aa408b759025f381 Representatives from East and West Jefferson hospitals say a merger with a bigger hospital system is the works. For that to happen the rules have to be changed in the form of House Bill 383. This legislation would amend the current law which would now allow elected official to determine the hospital's fate... not voters. House Bill 383 has made it through the house and is expected to pass ... http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214654431/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:51:29 -0400 http://www.batonrougepost.com/index.php/sid/214654431/scat/aa408b759025f381