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• Storms, tornado threats for Christmas around US

  December 25, 2012 11:57 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nasty weather is already complicating travel in parts of the U.S., with forecasts of snow, thunderstorms and more threatening a sloppy Christmas Day from Texas to Florida. In Oklahoma, authorities were already warning would-be travelers to stay home Tuesday as freezing rain and sleet caused a... more »

• 12 states now have high obesity; Colorado the lowest

  August 13, 2012 12:25 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - A new government survey shows 12 states now have very high obesity rates. Overall, more than a third of adults are obese but rates vary by state. The latest figures are based on a 2011 telephone survey that asked adults their height and weight. For the first... more »

• LA Gov. Jindal campaigns for Romney in Colorado Springs Play Video

  August 10, 2012 1:33 AM

  Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal came to Colorado Springs Thursday afternoon, campaigning for Mitt Romney. About two hundred people came to Acacia Park in support. Governor Jindal told the crowd, "You've got to tell your neighbors, your family, your friends, your colleagues: we've gotta vote, we've gotta stand up for our... more »

• Charter school changing student pregnancy policy

  August 8, 2012 7:35 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana charter school is changing a policy that kicked pregnant students out of class and required them to be home-schooled, the school's board chairman said Wednesday. No one at Delhi Charter School in rural northeast Louisiana realized there was anything wrong with the policy until... more »

• 2 people killed in I-70 crash near Limon

  July 14, 2012 2:17 PM

  Two people changing a tire on the side of I-70 near Limon were killed Saturday morning when a truck pulling a loaded horse trailer drifted into the shoulder and hit the people just before 6:30 that morning. The wreck was at milepost 363 in the westbound shoulder of the Interstate.... more »

• Political, legal fights over school vouchers' fate

  April 8, 2012 12:39 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Political fights and court battles are brewing around the country over using public dollars to make it easier for parents to afford private schools for their kids. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal recently won passage of legislation that expands statewide a voucher program in New Orleans as part... more »

• Tropical Storm Lee off the coast of Louisiana

  September 2, 2011 2:11 PM

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The governor of Mississippi has declared a state of emergency in seven counties because of Tropical Storm Lee in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is not yet a hurricane. But Gov. Haley Barbour says residents should not underestimate it. He says it's expected to... more »

• Environmental groups challenge Shell drilling plan

  June 9, 2011 11:57 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Environmental groups are asking a federal appeals court to throw out a U.S. government decision to approve a Shell oil exploration plan that involves five proposed wells under more than 7,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation... more »

• As water inches closer, an agonizing wait in La.

  May 21, 2011 1:39 PM

  BUTTE LAROSE, La. (AP) - The final wave of holdouts has mostly packed up and left Butte LaRose as water from the swollen Atchafalaya River inches toward their homes. Painted signs outside their now-abandoned homes illustrate both their frustration and hope. One reads: "Nothing left worth stealing." Another... more »

• Reports of strange substance in the water in the Gulf of Mexico

  March 20, 2011 6:10 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says there's some sort of substance in the water in the Gulf of Mexico, after reports of a sheen on the water off the coast of Louisiana. Officials are collecting samples. Officials say dredging has been going on not far away at... more »

• New Orleans police: 5 teens shot in bar, 1 dead

  March 13, 2011 12:02 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police say a gunman apparently opened fire on teenagers attending a party in a New Orleans bar and fled, leaving one 18-year-old man dead and four other teens wounded. Police said early Sunday a 16-year-old girl was in critical condition and two other girls ages... more »

• Carnival in New Orleans warms up under sunny skies

  March 6, 2011 8:02 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With ideal weather as a backdrop, crowds poured onto the streets in the traditional warm-up for Carnival's big show on Mardi Gras. Sunday featured celebrity-laden parades - including CNN's Anderson Cooper, actress Kelly Ripa, the rock band Train and actor Andy Garcia. Also, of course,... more »

• Former New Orleans Mayor speaks in Pueblo

  February 10, 2011 12:18 AM

  There's little doubt that Hurricane Katrina changed the face of the United States forever. Many died, and a city was demolished. At the tine Ray Nagin was Mayor. On Wednesday night he spoke to a crowd at CSU-Pueblo. Nagin says he and others in the city thought they were... more »

• Man declared dead now suspected in Louisiana kidnapping

  November 4, 2010 6:58 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities say a man declared dead 16 years ago but who they believe is alive is charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old Nevada girl whose remains were found in Louisiana. The FBI said Thursday that a warrant was issued for 53-year-old Thomas Steven Sanders. It charges... more »

• Oil platform catches fire in Gulf; workers OK

  September 3, 2010 9:02 AM

  A company official says the incident aboard a Mariner Energy oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico is considered a fire, not an explosion. The Coast Guard says there was no leak, and no one was killed. The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile... more »

• Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion

  September 2, 2010 2:12 PM

  The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana. The site of the explosion is west of where BP's massive spill occurred. The Coast Guard said no one... more »

• Double take: Jesus on the power pole?

  September 1, 2010 3:02 PM

  A Hathaway, Louisiana man recently came across a utility pole with a powerful image. Rickey Navarre did a double take of the pole while driving along Highway 26, and said he sees what appears to be Jesus Christ hanging on the cross. "It just caught my eye. I... more »

• Louisiana shrimpers reporting clean 1st day catch

  August 17, 2010 8:14 AM

  Commercial shrimpers who spent much of the summer mopping up oil in the Gulf of Mexico say the first day back to doing what they normally do was a good one. Shrimpers indicate the first catch since BP's disastrous spill was plentiful and, just as importantly, free of oil.... more »

• Shrimpers cross fingers as they head into the Gulf

  August 16, 2010 8:02 AM

  Louisiana shrimpers have more than the usual worries as they hit the water today for the opening of shrimp season. Besides concerns over how much they'll catch and what they'll get for it, there's anxiety about how much damage the shrimp population has truly suffered from the lengthy oil... more »

• 6 teens drown in Louisiana river; 7th rescued

  August 3, 2010 8:13 AM

  Fire officials say six teenagers have drowned in a Louisiana river and a seventh has been rescued. Shreveport Assistant Fire Chief Fred Sanders says the teens were playing in the Red River Monday evening and stepped over a sudden drop-off to 20 feet deep. He says the teens ranged... more »

• Oil spill reaches Lake Pontchartrain

  July 7, 2010 8:34 AM

  Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans is the latest site where oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is appeared. The lake was rescued from pollution in 1990s and had once again become a bountiful fishing ground and a popular spot for boating and swimming. ... more »

• Arkansas searchers seek victims

  June 14, 2010 8:47 AM

  Another day of searching today has begun as crews try to find one person still missing after flash floods swept through an Arkansas campsite and killed at least 19 people. A torrent of water swept through the Albert Pike Recreation Area before dawn Friday and piles of tangled debris... more »

• 'Drilling moratorium causes economic harm'

  June 10, 2010 10:56 AM

  Despite the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is reiterating her call to end the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling, saying it will cause economic hardship in the region. Speaking Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Landrieu said the moratorium was issued... more »

• BP: Gulf oil spill costs have reached $1.25B

  June 7, 2010 9:13 AM

  BP says the cost of the company's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached about $1.25 billion. The figure company announced the total in a news release Monday. BP says the figure does not include $360 million for a project to build six sand... more »

• BP establishes escrow fund for Louisiana sand berms

  June 4, 2010 9:04 AM

  BP is establishing a $360 million escrow account to fund a project to build six sand berms that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal hopes will protect the state's wetlands from the growing Gulf of Mexico slick. The company said late Thursday it approved the accounts. The announcement came hours after... more »

• Obama to Gulf: 'You are not alone'

  May 28, 2010 3:42 PM

  President Barack Obama has promised Gulf Coast residents that they are not alone and will not be abandoned or left behind. Obama made the pledge as he visited Louisiana on Friday to tour areas threatened by the disastrous oil spill and get an update on response efforts. Speaking outside... more »

• 'Top kill' effort underway to plug oil leak

  May 27, 2010 8:53 AM

  Gulf Coast residents are anxiously awaiting word on whether the latest BP remedy to plug the gushing oil well off Louisiana works. If oil stops flowing to the surface in the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials will know the effort was successful. BP is pumping heavy mud into the... more »

• BP says it has paid $29M in oil spill claims

  May 26, 2010 12:13 PM

  BP says it has paid at least $29 million to people claiming economic losses because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The oil company said in court documents Tuesday in Louisiana that it has yet to deny any claims. Many of the claims are from fishermen and shrimpers.... more »

• Tar balls washed up on Louisiana beach

  May 14, 2010 12:07 PM

  Louisiana wildlife officials say workers have found huge tar balls littering the beach at Port Fourchon, some of them 8 inches across. Laura Deslatte, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, said Friday that the glossy globs of oil were found along the entire beach at... more »

• Boat with containment box reaches oil site

  May 6, 2010 8:58 AM

  A boat carrying a 100-ton concrete-and-steel contraption designed to siphon off the oil fouling the Gulf of Mexico has arrived at the spot in the sea where a blown-out well is spewing petroleum. Engineers hope it will be the best short-term solution to controlling the leak that has only... more »

• Oil spill reaches Louisiana coast

  April 30, 2010 8:15 AM

  Fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes as a faint glaze of oil started to wash ashore along the Gulf Coast from a sunken rig. The oil slick could become the nation's worst environmental disaster in decades, threatening hundreds of species of fish,... more »

• Coast Guard will start burning some Gulf slick oil

  April 28, 2010 10:04 AM

  Authorities will begin burning some of the thickest oil in a massive slick from a rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana. A Coast Guard spokesman says the burn is expected to begin Wednesday morning. Petty Officer 2nd Class Prentice Danner says fire-resistant containment booms will be used to corral... more »

• Update: Coast Guard searches for victims after rig explosion

  April 21, 2010 1:45 PM

  Rescuers are searching waters off Louisiana's coast today for 11 missing oil workers after an explosion and fire on an offshore drilling platform. The Coast Guard says there were 126 people on the platform at the time of the explosion and most are believed to have escaped safely. Seven... more »

• At least seven hurt in oil rig blast, up to 15 missing

  April 21, 2010 9:42 AM

  At least seven people were injured and up to 15 feared missing after an explosion at an oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana's coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The explosion was reported on the rig, which is 52 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana, at... more »

• Louisiana chemical warehouse erupts in flames

  March 30, 2010 5:35 PM

  Louisiana state police say a huge fire has erupted at a warehouse used for chemical storage, forcing the evacuation of about 20 nearby residents. No injuries were immediately reported. Lt. Doug Cain, a state police spokesman, says the blaze at the Coco Resources warehouse was reported about 2:10 p.m.... more »

• Disposal of coal ash a long haul

  March 8, 2010 12:51 PM

  More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states. It began Dec. 22, 2008, when a retaining pond burst at a coal-burning power plant, spilling 5.4 million... more »

• Sweet deal for Louisiana in Health Bill

  February 4, 2010 1:43 PM

  Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is defending a special deal in the health care bill for the federal government to pick up more of the cost of a Medicaid expansion in her state. She made the argument Thursday in a defiant speech on the Senate floor. The... more »