Authorities arrest fugitive in Holden U.S. Marshals along with Livingston Parish deputies caught a fugitive who was on the run for six years late Sunday night. Joseph Stephens, 25, was arrested in Holden after being on the run since 2002, when he never showed up for his trial.
House committee approves tuition bill Tuition at most Louisiana colleges could be going up. A House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would allow most universities to call for tuition hikes of up to 5 percent. Higher education leaders say a tuition hike is needed to keep campuses from falling even more behind the Southern states' average.