Concealed handguns could be in the pockets, purses and holsters of licensed University students on campus if a recently filed bill becomes law.Identical to a bill submitted last year, House Bill 27 would...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The families of two NFL players and a third man lost at sea watched as the search entered its third day Tuesday, with odds stacking against their hope the Coast Guard could...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Fast thinking by a Baton Rouge police officer, who was on routine patrol, saved the life of a 94-year-old woman during a house fire. Alan Hamilton, who has been with the police...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A film producer awaiting sentencing in a bribery case is accused of hiding his assets to avoid paying about $1.3 million in restitution to the state of Louisiana. Federal prosecutors...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has more people behind bars, on a per capita basis, than any other state. That's according to research released Monday by the Pew Center for the States. The Washington,...

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — The Bluffs Country Club, one of Louisiana's best-known golfing venues and a nationally recognized course, has been closed by its owner, who cites the recession for the...

According data from Inrix's National Traffic Scorecard, Baton Rouge traffic was 6 percent worse in 2008 than the prior calendar year. The data indicates that Friday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. are the week's...

Date: 3/2/2009 3:22 PM BC-CIA Interrogations,4th Ld-Writethru/712Eds: UPDATES with White House, CIA comment, ADDS background.US: CIA destroyed nearly 100 detainee tapes By DEVLIN BARRETTAssociated Press...

The crowd waited anxiously for the chance to see a world-famous water skier this weekend. After a brief introduction and  applause, Twiggy the water-skiing squirrel crawled out of her mom's button-up...

Cramped seats, turbulence and the thought of flying 35,000 feet in the air in a large, heavy object is something many anxious travelers find unpleasant. One of the safest modes of transportation is air...

From the glossy, model-covered pages of Cosmopolitan magazine to scholarly debates of literary journals, LSU Libraries is gauging faculty use of publications to ultimately decide what stays and what goes...

In an emergency, sometimes no news can be good news. But University administrators are challenging that mindset with the help of last Thursday's emergency text messaging test. FirstCall, the University's...