New Orleans dodges bullet (Kane County Chronicle)

7 September 2008, 10:48 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans can get back to its comeback.... read more

Hurricane Gustav teaches lessons (The Shreveport Times)

7 September 2008, 12:00 am

Officials readily admit there were visible "gaps" in the state's response to evacuees in the past week but maintain the overriding goal — to provide for the safety of some two million south Louisiana residents — was achieved.... read more

Evacuees leave Oklahoma City shelter (The Oklahoman)

6 September 2008, 7:28 am

The last bus carrying Hurricane Gustav evacuees was expected to leave Oklahoma City Friday night and head to Louisiana. The 564 people who remained at the Lucent Technologies plant-turned-shelter Friday morning were to board buses and head for Shreveport, La., police Sgt. Paco Balderrama said. They ... read more

Community briefly: Astronomy group plans free star party (The Shreveport Times)

6 September 2008, 12:00 am

The Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society will have the first of three free fall public star parties from 8 to 11 p.m. today at the Ralph A. Worley Observatory, eight miles south of LSU-Shreveport.... read more

Texas Fugitive Found Living In Louisiana (CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth)

5 September 2008, 5:10 am

Authorities say a man on Texas' most wanted list and "America's Most Wanted" has been in Lincoln Parish under the name of his deceased grandfather for about eight months.... read more

New Bedford animal control director returns from relief efforts in Louisiana (The Standard-Times)

4 September 2008, 10:03 pm

NEW BEDFORD — Emanuel Maciel, the city's animal control director, will return today from Louisiana, where he has been since last Sunday to assist with emergency response following Hurricane Gustav.... read more