A worker transition center and orientation sessions will be offered by the Louisiana Workforce Commission's Rapid Response unit to help workers to be laid off Sept. 26 when GM cuts the Shreveport plant's second shift, a news release states.

Pull those umbrellas out because rain is in the forecast for today, according to the National Weather Service.

Eunice High School student De'Ondrick Veal was asked to leave school before he even stepped in his first class Thursday.

MIAMI - A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

An argument led to a shoot out that left a 16-year-old dead Thursday night in Shreveport.

A Caddo Parish grand jury indicted two men Thursday in connection with the shooting death of a pawn shop employee in June in Shreveport.

HOUSTON (AP) _ Five young Hurricane Katrina survivors who were taken from their mother by a woman they had been living with for nearly three years are being interviewed by Child Protective Services about allegations that their mother abused them.

Twenty new state police troopers will graduate this morning from the Louisiana State Police Training Academy.

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) _ A charter bus ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, killing at least 13 and sending at least 24 people to hospitals, authorities said.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ Here are the winning numbers selected Thursday in the Louisiana Lottery: Pick 3 1-1-6 (one, one, six) Maximum prize $500 Pick 4 7-1-6-9 (seven, one, six, nine) Maximum prize $5,000