By Anonymous A portion of Interstate 10 between Baton Rouge and Lafayette expected to open this week will not open until Dec. 4, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development said Monday.

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: David R. Dugas of the U.S. Department of Justice, +1- 225-389-0443. United States Attorney David R. Dugas Middle District of Louisiana BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Attorney David R.

By SCOTT DYER After severing ties to indicted contractor Joe Terrell to avoid a conflict of interest, the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission on Thursday voted to hire Terrell's former business partner, Al Ransome, to handle the agency's unemployment payments to the state.

TICKFAW - A chemical transport truck authorities suspected of leaking a highly flammable substance turned out not to be Friday afternoon.

By Lesley Wroughton BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Sterling Claypoole approaches a group of exhausted New Orleans police officers huddled around a table at the Louisiana State Police headquarters in Baton Rouge.