• 2 arrested after gunfire during police chase

• Anne Barnes, activist

• Another suspect arrested in thefts

• Holt Cemetery in New Orleans clean up

• Small businesses along Bayou Road

• Purple martins roosting under the Causeway

• Ray Nagin administration inks 6-month extension to controversial MWH Americas contract 9:15 p.m. CT

• Jefferson Parish confirms Mike Yenni was paralegal 6:07 a.m. CT

• Shrink Louisiana's bureaucracy and forget about pay raises for a while: An editorial 6:07 a.m. CT

• Cynthia Willard-Lewis is up on ice cream, down on daiquiris 6:00 a.m. CT

• Jefferson Parish inspector general groundwork begins 11:45 p.m. CT

• NCAA Tournament: Baylor ready to put tragedy, adversity in its distant past

• State Rep. Kevin Pearson to hold town hall meeting Saturday 10:05 p.m. CT

• St. Tammany Parish school system sets 2010-11 calendar; students to report to school Aug. 9 5:30 p.m. CT

• Tammany Politics: Slidell council members have their say on attorney general's opinion 4:45 p.m. CT

• Sole anti-gay protester outnumbered tops today's 'Louisiana roundup' 11:33 a.m. CT