NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- New Orleans officials Friday interred the remains of the final seven unknown or unclaimed victims of Hurricane Katrina in a mausoleum.

LAKE CHARLES, La., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Officials along Louisiana's western Gulf Coast took stock Monday as floodwaters retreated and residents surveyed damaged homes.

CAMERON, La., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Military search and rescue missions in Louisiana were completed Monday with no deaths reported after Hurricane Rita swept the U.S. Gulf Coast Saturday. The top U.S. military commander for hurricane relief in the state, Lt. Gen. Russel Honore said the ne

LAKE CHARLES, La., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Nearly 3,000 U.S. National Guard troops were being shuffled throughout Louisiana Sunday to deal with recovery from Hurricane Rita.

HOUSTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Federal officials said Saturday they will not fight a CNN lawsuit challenging the policy of barring the news media from the recovery of bodies in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A Louisiana native with experience in floods has been put in charge of the Army's Task Force Katrina, winning praise even from New Orleans' unhappy mayor.