More than 500 gardeners from throughout the southeast are expected in Baton Rouge for the Southern Region Master Gardener Conference Oct. 21-24.
The Virtual School at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts will offer 44 different high school credit courses this coming 2014 school year.
A woman on an ATV was killed Wednesday afternoon when the machine was struck by a car on a state highway.
State Police said the crash happened about 12:55 p.m. on La. 450 and La. 16. Killed was Cynamon A. Warden, 21, of Franklinton.
United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley said today that Carol A. Thrasher, 61, of Lake Charles, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing from her employer.
Louisiana residents shoulder the 5th lowest state-local tax burden in the country, according to the Annual State-Local Tax Burdens report released today by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.
