Family members of a Jeff Davis Parish Regional Consolidated Jail Facility inmate called for a protest to be held at the jail at 10 a.m. Monday due to incorrect information received by a family member.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years, a potential breakthrough in a yearlong stalemate that pitted Western states against one another.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The suspect in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students opted Monday to 'stand silent' to murder charges, prompting the judge to enter not guilty pleas on his behalf ahead of a trial in which he could face the death penalty.
MONROE, La. (AP) — Jimmy Dimos, a former legislator from northeast Louisiana who served a term as Speaker of the House during the administration of former Gov. Buddy Roemer, has died at age 84.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian officials claimed that Ukrainian military saboteurs launched an attack across the border Monday, wounding eight people in a small town. Kyiv officials denied any link with the group and blamed the fighting on a revolt by disgruntled Russians against the Kremlin.
LISBON (AP) — Portuguese police have said they will resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who disappeared in the country's Algarve region in 2007, in the next few days.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A criminal investigation in Texas over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting is still ongoing as Wednesday marks one year since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde.
LACASSINE – A threevehicle crash Saturday night claimed the lives of two people on LA Hwy 101 near Raul Rd south of Lacassine. The crash claimed the life of Jacob R. Touchet of Iowa and Susan Dianne Trahan of Lafayette.