The Environmental Defense Fund is suing the feds over the extended red snapper season in the Gulf of Mexico. Director of the Gulf of Mexico Oceans Program, Robert Jones, says the longer season causes concern for more than 7 million pounds of overfishing.

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Jones says his hope is to get rid of fixed seasons because they are of no benefit to the anglers.

Readers of Travel + Leisure have named New Orleans the number four city in the US. Kristian Sonnier with the New Orleans CVB says New Orleans is always changing, giving visitors something new to see on each trip. He says the restaurant boom has been huge, and new hotels are popping up and transforming whole neighborhoods.

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LSU head gymnastics coach DD Breaux has been named the Most Outstanding Coach in Louisiana by the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation. Michelle Southern reports.

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A Ouachita Parish man is facing multiple drug charges after police say he hid marijuana in a milkshake. Authorities say 31-year-old Daniel Sadler was pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt. That’s when officers found suspected methamphetamine in his wallet, multiple beer cans under the seat, and a pill bottle full of pot in a frosty.