Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.More >>
Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.More >>
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The elderly man reported missing Monday in Lake Charles has been located safe by local authorities, according to Lake Charles police. Leroy Stewart Sr., 85, has been located and is being taken to a localMore >>
The elderly man reported missing Monday in Lake Charles has been located safe by local authorities, according to Lake Charles police.More >>
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A preliminary exam is underway in 14th Judicial District Court in the case of Felix Vail, accused in the 51-year-old death of his wife, Mary Horton Vail. Mary Horton Vail was found dead in October 1962More >>
A preliminary exam is underway in 14th Judicial District Court in Calcasieu in the case of Felix Vail, accused in the 51-year-old death of his wife, Mary Horton Vail.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:26 PM EDT2013-06-19 17:26:48 GMT
Judge Robert Wyatt determined that there is probably cause to hold Felix Vail on a second-degree murder charge in the 1962 death of his wife, Mary Horton Vail. Wyatt also denied the defense's motion forMore >>
Judge Robert Wyatt determined that there is probably cause to hold Felix Vail on a second-degree murder charge in the 1962 death of his wife, Mary Horton Vail. Wyatt also denied the defense's motion for bond to be set on Vail.More >>
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Several issues of interest go before the Lake Charles City Council on Wednesday evening. A large crowd is expected as members of the City Council will decide on the fate of Industrial Carbon. The companyMore >>
Several issues of interest go before the Lake Charles City Council on Wednesday evening.More >>
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Baton Rouge, LA (AP) -
A state appeals court has upheld a decision that allows Gov. Bobby Jindal's statewide voucher program to begin in August.
Teacher unions and local school boards sought to block the start of the program as they challenge its constitutionality.
But a three-judge appellate court panel agreed with District Judge Tim Kelley that an injunction couldn't be issued, citing a law that bars injunctions if a state agency chief says that injunction would cause a deficit in the department.
Superintendent of Education John White and the governor's top budget adviser, Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater, said in affidavits that the Department of Education would face a deficit if the laws creating and funding the voucher program were blocked.
A hearing on the constitutionality of the education laws is set for October.
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