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  • Blood donated in support of second line shooting victims

    The drive was at the Frenchman Street Art Market, which is about 7 blocks away from where the second line shooting that injured 20 people took place on May ...

  • Man arrested on marijuana possession charges

    Houma police said detectives were patrolling Park Avenue on Monday when they saw a man in a Chevrolet Suburban place what looked like a marijuana cigar in his mouth. Officers said the man was also playing his music extremely ...

  • I-Team Uncovering how many hours O.P. Juvenile Court Judges preside

    A 2010 audio tape, obtained exclusively by the WDSU I-Team, is riling up members of the Greater Covington NAACP and African-American community on the ...

  • Police reveal more details in car dealership burglaries

    Prior to Williams' arrest, the owner of Lamarque Ford on Williams Boulevard sent out a video of a man believed to be behind the theft inside the Lamarque Ford complex. Police said a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detective saw the video and recalled several investigations involving theft of tire, rims and other property stolen from car dealerships in Jefferson ...

  • NOPD seek trio who beat man in CBD Sunday

    Police said the victim and a woman were walking in the area as three men followed them. The three men attacked the victim and continued to beat him as he laid on the ground. The trio took the man's wallet and cellphone. The woman was ...


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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [DVD]

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [DVD]

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has always been one of pop cultures blackest curios, a beautifully wrought musical about the darkest of human impulses that nonetheless found mainstream appeal and swept the 1980 Tony Awards. Drawing on a character that has bounced a ... ...

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  • Jefferson Award Winner Gives Struggling Parents A Needed Break

    Bay Area Crisis Nursery could be just the place to lend a hand. ';The nursery is a place that gives them new hope,'; Sister Ann Weltz explained. Sister Ann founded the nursery so parents could temporarily leave their children in a residential care center while they climb out of life’s ...

  • House votes to reduce Orleans Parish Juvenile Court from 6 judges to 4

    The Louisiana House of Reps. passed House Bill 607 Wednesday afternoon, a bill that would shrink the size of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court from six judges to ...

  • Police Bogalusa man arrested on charges of 3 sexual offenses against child

    The investigation began against Bobby Harris, 41, after the sheriff's office received notification from the Washington Parish Rape Crisis Center about reported sexual abuses of the child, the sheriff's office said. The sheriff's office said several items of physical evidence were collected during the investigation, and Harris made admissions about the sexual abuse after he was ...

  • Moore mayor 5 of 6 missing found alive

    "We'll try to get it passed as soon as I can," Glenn Lewis said. The ordinance would apply to single-family and multifamily homes. At least 24 people, including 10 children, were killed in Monday's mammoth tornado, the state medical examiner's office said. Another 324 people were injured, said Gov. Mary Fallin. Lewis said Wednesday that six people previously unaccounted ...

  • 1-year-old shooting victim out of hospital

    The mother of Jaycee Saniye Hall told WDSU that the girl underwent several surgeries during her hospital stay. Three young children were among those who were hurt when a gunman opened fire on April 22 at the Lapalco Apartments. Two women were also struck. All of the victims survived. Four men between the ages of 18 and 21 were arrested and face charges in connection with the shootings. ...

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