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• Louisiana's 2nd Gulf Dead Zone from E La to Ala

  February 2, 2012 8:41 AM

  A new study finds that Louisiana's second Gulf of Mexico dead zone stretches at least from the Chandeleur Sound off Louisiana to Alabama's Dauphin Island - and could be bigger. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation says it could check only as far as Dauphin Island last year. Officials hope to... more »

• Gov. Jindal begins 2nd term in office Monday

  January 9, 2012 9:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal is beginning his second term in office with a focus on education and a pledge not to rest on the accomplishments of his first four years. Jindal will be sworn in Monday at the Old State Capitol, in a ceremony overshadowed by... more »

• 2nd Delay for NASA's Launch of Spacecraft to Moon

  September 9, 2011 9:10 AM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's latest moonshot has been delayed again. A pair of spacecraft intended to orbit the moon and measure its gravity will not lift off until Saturday. NASA says it needs time to analyze data for the rocket's propulsion system. Concerns arose following Thursday's failed launch... more »

• 2nd Annual Danielle's Rhythm & Blues & Auction

  September 30, 2010 9:48 AM

  The 2nd Annual Danielle's Rhythm and Blues and Auction will be this weekend, Sunday, October 3rd, at Pat's Atchafalaya Club in Henderson. Admission is $20 and all net proceeds benefiting St. Jude. Children's Research Hospital. The event will be from 2pm till 9pm. There will be plenty of food and... more »

• 2nd Acadiana Victim Has Died Following Plane Crash in Las Vegas

  September 21, 2010 7:19 PM

  A second Acadiana victim has died following a plane crash in Las Vegas earlier this month. According to family members, Susan Touchet has passed away. Her husband Doug, the pilot of the plane, was also killed in that crash. The couple lived in Erath with their family. Two other passengers,... more »

• 1 killed, 4 injured after 2nd-line parade

  September 6, 2010 4:31 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police say there haven't been any arrests in a shooting that killed a 32-year-old woman and injured four other people after a walking parade had passed. Orleans Parish Coroner's Chief Investigator John Gagliano tells The Times-Picayune that Kaamila Muhammad was shot in the head.... more »

• Gulf Containment Cap Closely Watched in 2nd Day

  June 6, 2010 2:01 PM

  ON BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) - A containment cap that sucked some of the oil from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico offered a small sign of progress for a region that has seen its wildlife coated in a lethal oil muck, its fishermen idled and its beaches... more »

• Hammond Plant Adds 2nd Shift for Sand Wall Baskets

  June 3, 2010 10:27 AM

  HAMMOND, La. (AP) - As the National Guard has put up more and more sand walls to protect Gulf Coast beaches from the nation's worst oil spill, a plant in Hammond has added a second shift to make the wire mesh baskets used as the foundation. Dennis Barkemeyer, a tech... more »

• Tube Siphons Less Oil From Gulf for 2nd Day

  May 24, 2010 9:41 AM

  COVINGTON, La. (AP) - The amount of oil siphoned by the mile-long tube inserted into the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico has fallen again. BP PLC spokesman John Curry told The Associated Press on Monday that the tube collected some 47,040 gallons of oil on Sunday. BP said... more »

• 2nd Extension Disaster Housing Assistance Program

  May 13, 2010 12:01 PM

  WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced today a second extension to the Disaster Housing Assistance Program-Ike (DHAP-Ike), giving families who were displaced by Hurricanes Ike and Gustav more time to transition to long-term housing solutions. This extension... more »

• HBO's Post-Katrina Drama "Treme" Picked Up 2nd Season

  April 13, 2010 5:01 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - HBO says its new drama "Treme" (truh-MAY') has been picked up for a second season just days after its series premiere. The show is set in New Orleans in fall 2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina. "Treme" tracks the lives of a diverse group of residents... more »

• 2nd Annual Rudolph Run Rescheduled-Time Change

  January 8, 2010 12:49 PM

  Lafayette, LA-The 2nd Annual Rudolph Run NOW offers a unique way to get in shape after the holidays and is rescheduled for January 16, 2010, beginning in the early afternoon. Preregister for this family-friendly and festive run in Downtown Lafayette, starting in Parc Sans Souci. In observance of the... more »

• Two Crowley men arrested for sex crimes

  December 1, 2009 12:26 PM

  Two Crowley men have been arrest for unrelated sex crimes, which occurred over the past weekend. The first investigation led to the arrest of Dreffus Byers III, 47 of Crowley. Police investigated a report of a missing person. During the investigation, it was determined that the victim in... more »