The chief mechanic of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig testified Wednesday that a BP official and a Deepwater rig manager were arguing on board the rig, just hours before the April 20 explosion.

The Louisiana Children’s Museum is opening its massive blue doors to families who have been affected by the oil spill along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Lorenza Davis, 79, a Louisiana native of 60 years, began his fishing day at 8 a.m. Saturday at the New Orleans Lakefront. Lake Pontchartrain serves as an alternative for those affected by the closing of local fishing attractions because of the oil spill.

Visitors to the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Cocodrie on Friday received more than an education about the marine research center. They also got to hear the state’s governor explain why they could not go to a popular nearby beach.

For the first time in its 63-year history, the Golden Meadow Fourchon International Tarpon Rodeo, scheduled for July 1 to 3, has been canceled. Though it’s still a month away, it has become a victim of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has closed fishing grounds and put hundreds out of work in the seafood industry.