Stanford to remain jailed until Jan. trial (The Advocate)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:23:50 GMT
Jailed Texas promoter Robert Allen Stanford will remain in custody until his January trial on charges he masterminded more than $7 billion in frauds against investors in Louisiana and around the world, an appellate panel has ruled.
Mayor-elect Landrieu names leaders of 14 new transition teams (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:08:26 GMT
NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu and his transition team have tapped more than two dozen business and civic leaders to lead task forces on a host of city issues as Landrieu prepares to take office in May. At a morning news conference at the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, Landrieu named the final slate of task forces designed to give the mayor-elect input as he ...
Louisiana Supreme Court rules that drug search was justified (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:47:14 GMT
New Orleans police officers had every right to search and seize crack cocaine and heroin from the pockets of Graylin Surtain during a patrol of one of the city's "hot spots" outside the Iberville public housing development, the Louisiana...
LA Lafayette - Team Notes (USA Today)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:10:41 GMT
Louisiana-Lafayette spent the first half of the season dealing with all sorts of problems, including injuries and academic suspensions.
Fugitive Caught in New Orleans (WCBI Columbus)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:07:45 GMT
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana--- A Starkville man, on the run from the law since October, is captured in New Orleans. U-S Marshalls and New Orleans Police caught Roderick "Bam Bam" Franklin Tuesday (3-16).
Suspect wanted in Starkville shooting captured in New Orleans (The Commercial Dispatch)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:46:42 GMT
STARKVILLE — The second suspect wanted for an October shooting on North Montgomery Street was captured today in Louisiana.
Ex-Louisiana Governor Blanco Joins State Democratic Executive Committee (Bayou Buzz)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:35:36 GMT
Louisiana Democratic Party Chairman Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr. announced today that Former Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco has joined the party's Executive Committee.
Former New Orleans Police Detective Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Cover Up the Danziger Bridge Shootings (Kansas City InfoZine)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:07:20 GMT
A second former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officer has pleaded guilty to covering up a deadly police shooting in the days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department announced.
Ex-police officer admits role in cover-up of Louisiana bridge shooting (CNN)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:10 GMT
A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with police shootings of civilians on a Louisiana bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, authorities said.
Louisiana: New Orleans Cop Pleas In Danzinger Case, Melancon, Vitter, Chile Earthquake, Google Fiber (Bayou Buzz)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:38 GMT
Two people were killed and four injured in the Danziger matter at the time when chaos ran wild in New Orleans .
