Topic: Louisiana

Oil disappearing

Larry Reynolds smiled when he heard reports about how difficult it has become in the last week to find oil from the BP-Deepwater Horizon blowout...
Coughing up blood is among horrors that eyewitnesses are reporting in south Louisiana where BP medics diagnose the sudden widespread, burning...
Although thick, sprawling oil slicks of have vanished from much of the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, pockets of goo still menace delicate wetlands ...

Food Stamp Application Now Online

Louisiana residents seeking food stamps, welfare payments and other social service assistance can now apply online.. . The Louisiana Department of ...

Oil causes 2,200 Gulf beach closings, warnings

Gulf beaches from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle were closed or slapped with health warnings nearly 10 times more often this summer than last...