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• All Jindal's Predecessors Invited to Inauguration

  December 13, 2011 6:50 AM

  Gov. Bobby Jindal is inviting all four of his living predecessors to his Jan. 9 inauguration. That includes Edwin Edwards, who was released from prison earlier this year and remains on probation for a federal corruption conviction. Jindal spokesman Frank Collins says invitations will be sent to former Govs. Kathleen... more »

• Pro-football Player Teams Up With Local Schools for Camp

  January 24, 2011 9:26 PM

  The NFL is coming to Acadiana as part of a special camp for kids in March. Pro-football player Kyries Hebert is heading up the camp as part of his Ky Cares Foundation. He was born and raised in Eunice, a Ragin Cajun Defensive MVP and an NFL Record Holder.... more »

• LDWF Reopens All State Waters to Recreational Angling

  August 20, 2010 4:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. -- Today, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission ordered an immediate opening of all state inshore and offshore territorial waters to recreational angling, including charter boat angling. The areas opened today by the commission do not include the recreational harvest of shrimp, crabs or oysters. Prior to... more »

• Environmental Reviews For All New Deepwater Drilling Projects

  August 16, 2010 12:59 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration will no longer allow new deepwater drilling projects to go forward without environmental reviews, as happened with BP's Deepwater Horizon. The administration announced the new policy Monday after the White House Council on Environmental Quality reported that BP got environmental exemptions based on decades-old... more »

• New Program Aimed at Ensuring all Children Learn to Swim

  August 12, 2010 1:02 PM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - The drownings of six teens last week prompt elected, civic and church leaders in Shreveport to create a new program aimed at ensuring that all children have a chance to learn to swim. The Times reports that Shreveport officials will hold a mid-afternoon press conference at... more »

• BP Handing "Feel Free To Talk" Cards To All 40,000 Oil Clean Up Workers

  July 2, 2010 3:30 PM

  GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - BP PLC says it's handing out cards to all 40,000 of its cleanup workers telling them they can talk to the media - but only if they want to. The message on the small cards? "Feel Free to Talk." The oil giant, stung by footage... more »

• LA House- Require Jindal's Office to Preserve All Oil Related Documents

  June 18, 2010 12:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Without debate, the House has sent Gov. Bobby Jindal legislation that would require him to preserve all documents his office handles regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Jindal now has to decide whether to sign or veto the measure. The Jindal administration has gone... more »

• Alabama Gov. Wants All Harmed by Oil Spill Compensated

  June 13, 2010 3:35 PM

  DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Bob Riley says he wants everyone who has been harmed financially by the BP oil spill to be compensated. Riley was interviewed Sunday on Dauphin Island on CNN's "State of the Union." The show's anchor, Candy Crowley, asked who he wanted to receive... more »

• Helicopter Crash in Gulf, All 3 on Board Survive

  June 11, 2010 3:29 PM

  PORT O'CONNOR, Texas (AP) - The Coast Guard says all three people aboard a transport helicopter survived a crash into the Gulf of Mexico, about 43 miles off Port O'Connor. Sr. Chief Petty Officer Michael Jennings says one passenger suffered minor injuries in Thursday's accident. A representative of Lafayette, La.,-based... more »

• Sheriff Kops & Kids Hunting & Fishing Club All Girls campout

  January 15, 2010 12:16 PM

  St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz announced today Sheriff Kops & Kids Hunting & Fishing Club will have an 'All Girls' campout the weekend of January 23rd, 2010 at the Washington, Louisiana campsite. The weekend counselors will be commissioned female officers and volunteer female counselors from the community. ... more »

• School Closure List

  January 7, 2010 7:09 PM

  As of 6:30am Friday: Calcasieu Parish Schools Acadiana Christian Academy in Opelousas Pope John Paul II Academy in Carencro Good Shepard Montessori Campuses in Opelousas and Port Barre Also, Bethel Baptist school is closed today due to power outage. more »

• Jennings Cheer Squad in the CapitalOne Bowl

  December 17, 2009 6:56 PM

  Five Jennings Jr High cheerleaders get the cahnce to perfrom in the CapitalOne Bowl. They had no idea when they made the team in June, they would be playing for the LSU Tigers. But when they found out their favorite team would be in the bowl game, it... more »

• All-You-Can-Eat Gumbo Cook-Off

  November 5, 2009 7:52 AM

  The 10th annual Chevron Gumbo cook-off gets stirring today (Thursday, November 5). It's an all you can eat lunch benefiting United Way of Acadiana. Just purchase your 5-dollar ticket at the event in the back parking lot of the Chevron office on Johnston Street. The grub goes on from 11:30... more »