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Louisiana should get a gold star for its speckled trout management, which has resulted in excellent stock and excellent harvest numbers for anglers, according to a recent stock assessment.

Attorney General Buddy Caldwell will likely be called many things during the 2015 election cycle, but lonely will not be one of them.
Democratic attorney Ike Jackson, Jr. of Plaquemine announced recently that he too has plans to join the increasingly crowded race.

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted 14 people in an alleged methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette, New Iberia and the surrounding areas.
Those named in the 20-count indictment are:

Former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco here Saturday night for a happy occasion, unlike her visit nine years ago when the town was underwater from the storm surge of Hurricane Rita.

Calling the arrest of its tribal chairman a “sad and difficult situation,” the Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Council has pledged to “meet around the clock if necessary to ensure that the tribe functions effectively under the guidance of this council’s leadership.”