Police: Father of John Curtis Christian football player kills him, then self
NEW ORLEANS -- People who knew Mark Tarto struggled to understand Friday why he would kill his only child, Matthew, 16, and then himself in the rented River Ridge home they shared, just blocks from where the teenager was a student athlete at John Curtis Christian School.

Louisiana among states that got suspect medicine from Tennessee firm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Six months after state officials found multiple violations at a West Tennessee compounding pharmacy but did not shut it down, the pharmacy is the apparent source of infections in two states.

No La. state sales tax on hurricane supplies today, Sunday
Louisiana's annual Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday is set for today and Sunday.