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Pot left unattended sparks fire that damages multiple units of apartment complex
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Investigators said a fire that started because a pot was left unattended damaged seven units of an apartment complex Sunday evening. It happened at the Evangeline Place apartments in the 4700 block Annette Street in Baton Rouge just before 7 p.m. The Baton Rouge Fire Department reported the fire began in apartment No. 6, with the flames basically gutting the ...
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Lou Gehrigs disease clinic designated at LSU in New Orleans
The Muscular Dystrophy Association has designated the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine as Louisiana's first specialized MDA clinic for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig's ...
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2 remain hospitalized after plant explosions in southeast La.
CF Industries spokeswoman Blythe Lamonica says a team from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was at the plant Sunday. She says one employee remains hospitalized in stable condition. Baton Rouge General Medical Center has said one patient injured Thursday at The Williams Cos. Inc. plant remains hospitalized in good condition. State Trooper Jared Sandifer says OSHA began work at ...
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Sex offender wins new sentencing hearing
JACKSON, Miss. - A man convicted of failing to register as a sex offender in Mississippi will be re-sentenced because a federal appeals panel threw out his prison term.Court records show Calvin Windless was convicted in 1993 in Illinois for aggravated sexual assault and was required to register as a sex offender. He was released from prison in 1999.He moved to Minnesota, where he was convicted ...
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US Supreme Court refuses to hear Pugh appeal
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Eddie James Pugh IV who was convicted for his role in a 2008 double kidnapping and ...
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Kansas company sues over fireworks fees
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A Kansas company that sells fireworks in Louisiana is asking a state judge to strike down a law that imposes higher permit fees and penalties on out-of-state fireworks retailers than on local ...
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Federal charges filed alleged bank fraud scheme
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Two Baton Rouge businessmen are charged with bank fraud in what federal prosecutors say involved over $368,000 in loans they obtained for construction of a fitness center that did not ...
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7 selected for Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation will induct seven people into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame in ceremonies July 12 at the prison museum and in Baton ...
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Weather forces soybean delays in the Miss.-La.
http://bit.ly/18Q5lAX ) heavy April rains caused a delay in planting for many area farmers. National Weather Service data shows some areas of the Miss-Lou received 20 inches of rain during the last three ...
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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
Belmont Park We said in this week's advance story that Saturday's $150,000, Grade III Hill Prince Stakes for 3-year-olds was a wide-open affair and the $4,808 trifecta payoff bears that out. Notacatbutallama rallied five-wide into the stretch and won by a neck over 37-1 chance Play It Loud. Chamois was third at 12-1 and the favorite, Red Rifle, settled for fourth in the 12-horse ...
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UCLA makes most of LSUs errors in 2-1 CWS victory
ERIC OLSONAP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Adam Plutko and two relievers limited LSU to five hits, and UCLA turned both of the Tigers' errors into runs in a tense 2-1 victory at the College World Series on Sunday night. The Bruins (45-17) will play North Carolina State on Tuesday. The No. 4 national seed Tigers (57-10) will meet North Carolina in an elimination game. LSU scored its ...
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COL BB UCLA 2 Louisiana State 1
Adam Plutko threw seven innings of one-run ball Sunday and UCLA upended top-ranked Louisiana State 2-1 in Game 4 of the College World Series. Plutko stifled the Bulldogs on four hits and two walks in notching the victory in Omaha, Neb. He recorded two strikeouts. James Kaprielian supplied a scoreless eighth inning and David Berg survived a scare in the ninth, recording the save after yielding ...
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School Board president arrested for fatal hit-and-run crash in St. Helena
ST. HELENA PARISH, LA (NBC33) - A member of the Livingston Parish School board was arrested today in connection to the hit-and-run crash that killed a 21-year-old man from Mississippi. The Louisiana State Police reports that Malcolm Sibley was arrested on Sunday, June 16 shortly before 10:00 a.m. Sibley accused of hitting William Iasigi with his vehicle in St. Helena Parish. Investigators ...
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Louisiana Seafood Stars in Aspen
Louisiana took center stage this weekend at one of the world`s most prestigious international food and wine events, the 31st annual Aspen Food and Wine Classic. Since the BP oil spill the LA seafood industry has been out in full force promoting the safety of Louisiana seafood. This time in Colorado. John Besh from the Besh Restaurant group says, "The Aspen Food and Wine Classic really is ...
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Louisiana's recovery might be brought to its knees
The six-month moratorium suspending all exploratory oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is another blow to an economy already reeling and could potentially undermine the state for years to come.
There can be no one left in Louisiana who has not heard about the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the oil spill that has resulted from the collapse of the rig, which killed eleven people in the process and is now threatening the livelihoods of countless communities along the state’s coast. Read more
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