Bill Terry

A married couple lost everything in Katrina, then moved to Laplace thinking their home would be safe.   Then came Hurricane Isaac. Chuck and Zina Haas’s home in the Forest Ridge subdivision took on three feet of water, rendering it inhabitable....

INDIAN LAKE — Foul Tip climbed from fourth place to become the new leader this week in the Indian Lake Golf League. As the end of the second half nears, the standings have tightened. Only 5 points separates seventh-place team, J&J Truck Equipment,...

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...

Twenty-four years ago, the Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed an Oriole known simply by his first name - a balding infielder who defined his position and bled orange all his life. Next week, Cooperstown, N.Y., will do this again. And like Brooks Robinson...

The middle-class homeowners who gathered here on a recent weeknight call themselves the Gentilly Civic Improvement Assn. It's an unexceptional name -- one that belies the epic challenges they face. The members talked public high schools; they said it'd...

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...