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West Monroe set to adopt $18.6M budget
"It's a very conservative budget with an estimated general fund surplus of $6.9 million, which puts the city in a very strong financial position during these uncertain economic times," Chelette ...
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Lake Charles Regional reopens main runway
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) -- The main runway at Lake Charles Regional Airport reopened this week after almost three months and $2.4 million worth of ...
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Northshore Technical CC moving into St. Tammany
LACOMBE, La. (AP) -- Northshore Technical Community College plans to build a new campus in Lacombe for science, technology, math and engineering studies and training as part of an expansion in St. ...
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Caddo school board looking for budget solution
http://bit.ly/ZigiXF ) nearly three hours of debate ended with the board right where it began before Thursday's meeting, leaving the teachers in attendance exhausted but ...
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Special Olympics Flame of Hope heads to Summer Games
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Law enforcement officers started carrying the Special Olympics torch from Baton Rouge to Hammond Friday morning. A special ceremony was held on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol to light the Special Olympics "Flame of Hope." The torch will be carried to the 2013 Special Olympics Louisiana State Summer Games that kickoff Friday night in ...
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Pump station upgraded for hurricane season
http://bit.ly/199QizH ) the parish has spent about $20 million on constructing and improving local pump stations to help alleviate flooding caused by hurricanes and other ...
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Livingston council adopts corridor master plan
The 112-page plan calls for zoning along a corridor that includes Interstate 12 and U.S. 190, which the plan identifies as the optimum location for economic growth in the ...
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Youngsville approves bidding for sports complex
Three members of the Youngsville City Council voted to move forward with bidding for the full $6.6 million proposed project as opposed to three scaled-down models presented at Thursday ...
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Bayou Country Superfest Schedule
Organizers of the Bayou Country Superfest have released the schedule of performers for this weekend's event at Tiger Stadium.Saturday5:00 p.m. - Aaron Lewis5:45 p.m. - Thompson Square6:45 p.m. - ...
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Man faces battery and resisting arrest charges
TICKFAW, LA (WAFB) - Authorities said a 51-year-old man was taken into custody after assaulting someone and then resisting arrest early Friday morning. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said Daniel Bridges of Tickfaw was arrested on charges of battery, resisting arrest by force (2 counts) and battery on a police officer around 2:30 a.m. Bridges is accused of physically ...
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Baton Rouge woman accused of cruelty to juveniles
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Baton Rouge police have arrested a 28-year-old woman accused of beating her three children, ages 2, 4 and 5, with an extension cord on their back, hip, face, chest and ...
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PCS Nitrogen to cut emissions from Geismar plant
The decision came as part of a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. EPA and DEQ alleged that PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP violated the Clean Air Act by introducing phosphoric acid scrubber effluent into its cooling ...
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Senate panel approves 2 cent tax on cellphones
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A new 2 cent monthly tax on cellphones aimed at helping provide services for people with hearing impairment won the support Thursday of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs ...
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Gretna man fined $62K for illegal longline fishing
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Federal authorities have fined a Gretna fishing boat captain $62,500 for allegedly using live bait on longline gear and possessing J-hooks and a permit to catch highly migratory ...
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Thieves hit church steal 300lb. safe and cash
God WALKER- Police are looking for leads after a church was burglarized and a 300 lb. safe was stolen overnight. "It appears that the offenders entered the Church building through an unsecured window," said Walker Police Capt. John Sharp, who sent a news release about the crime to media Thursday evening. Police were called when workers at Walker Baptist Church noticed the crime ...
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Trombone Shorty comes home to New Orleans to rock Da Houz
New Orleans ' newest super star was impressive. The weather was near perfect, at least by New Orleans' standards. A warm and humid 80 degrees, sunny, and almost no breeze to speak of. It was wonderful. There were two opening acts for the ...
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Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge
By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...
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Louisiana State Penitentiary officer arrested on narcotic charge www.privateofficer.com
-- West Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Louisiana State Penitentiary security officer accused of trying to get narcotics through an Angola inmate, a spokesman for Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said Wednesday. Justin Darrel Nettles, 26, 160 Cedars Lane, Crosby, Miss., met a man he thought was a relative of the inmate, but the man actually was an undercover detective offering a ...
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House fire sparked by lightning strike
A lightning strike sparked a house fire on South Lakeside Oaks Dr. Thursday night. Several crews from the St. George Fire Department responded to the fire Thursday evening. The fire was contained to the attic of the house. We're told people were in the house at the time of the fire, but that everyone made it out ...
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LSU falls into the losers bracket after 4-1 loss to Arkansas
It was the premiere match-up of the tournament on Thursday afternoon as LSU's undefeated Aaron Nola and Arkansas stud Ryne Stanek duked it out on the mound, but in the end Arkansas out hit LSU 4-1. LSU (49-9) scored the first run of the game in the 3rd inning with a fielder's choice and a Razorback miscue at second base. Stanek was in a two out jam after walking the bases ...
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Grandview grad Kevin Gausmans MLB debut spoiled as Blue Jays beat Orioles 12-6
TORONTO-Edwin Encarnacion hit his fifth career grand slam, J.P. Arencibia homered and drove in four runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 12-6 on Thursday night, spoiling the debut of Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman. Brandon Morrow (2-3) allowed six runs and a season-high 10 hits in seven-plus innings. He walked one and struck out five. Brett Cecil and Brad Lincoln each worked one ...
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Disaster response team deployed to Oklahoma returns to Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The destruction in Oklahoma is much worse in person than what we see on television, that's according to one Baton Rouge man who's just returned from Moore. Chuck Smith is the commander of the region six D-MORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team). The region includes Louisiana and Oklahoma. He says Monday's tornado took almost the same path as ...
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Jindal declares NWLA emergency due to wind damage
BATON ROUGE - After last week's severe weather in Northwest Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency for the area. The National Weather Service says a May 16 thunderstorm produced four tornadoes as it moved into Louisiana from Texas. Each twister had winds up to 100 mph. The storm also brought straight-line winds up to 105 mph to northern DeSoto and southern Caddo ...
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Baton Rouge lawyer sentenced to 27 months in prison
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Baton Rouge lawyer, James M. Bernhard III, was sentenced to 27 months in prison Thursday for wire fraud in connection with the theft of more than $453,000 from his former law firm's trust account. Bernhard pleaded guilty to the wire fraud charge and surrendered his law license shortly before he appeared for sentencing Thursday in Baton Rouge federal court. ...
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Intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Hwy. 7 to be rebuilt in St. Louis Park
The busy intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Hwy. 7 will become an interchange with on- and off-ramps. The city hopes it will spur ...
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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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