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  • DOTD Enhanced monitoring along LA 70 near sinkhole

    Texas Brine Co. contractors plug the final two breaches in a containment berm around the Assumption Parish sinkhole after heavy rain and high water punched through the incomplete earthen barrier late last ...

  • No big winners in Wednesday Lotto Powerball drawings

    The million-dollar questions have been answered. What are the Powerball numbers, and have any winning tickets been sold? Lottery officials released the winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball jackpot: 22, 10,13,14, 52, and the Powerball ...

  • Police 19-year-old booked after sexual encounters with 14-year-old

    After an investigation, deputies say they learned that Arceneaux and the girl met over a chat line about three weeks prior and met for sexual intercourse the day ...

  • Thursday Exact Weather forecast

    Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating tornado. The number of injured rose as authorities announced that 353 ...

  • Jefferson County jobless rate drops in April

    The unemployment rate in Jefferson County declined sharply to 7.5 percent in April from 8.4 percent in March. The unemployment rate in Jefferson County declined sharply to 7.5 percent in April, after an increase in March to 8.4 percent, the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training reported. Aprils unemployment rate was also lower than the 8.1 percent rate in April 2012. In a news release, the ...


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The Ex

The Ex

Jerks come in all shapes, sizes, and levels of mobility, as demonstrated in the new comedy The Ex, which has the gall to make its smarmy villain a wheelchair-bound creep. As played by Arrested Development's Jason Bateman with perfectly edged snarkiness that suggests a big F--- you beneat ... ...

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  • Louisiana test results up overall voucher schools flat

    State education officials say the number of Louisiana public school students performing at grade level nudged up from 68 percent to 69 percent in the latest round of standardized test ...

  • Bills to hike college tuition appear dead for legislative session

    Louisiana's Supreme Court rules that the funding method for a private school tuition voucher program pushed through the Legislature last year by Gov. Bobby Jindal is ...

  • Fugitives captured in Pearl River Co.

    Pearl River investigators said they have been in contact with their counterparts in Tennessee and have made them aware of the captures. Extradition will depend, in part, on whether the Marchbanks brothers fight the process or allow for a quick transfer out of ...

  • Rain strong winds batter recovering Okla. area

    Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ...

  • Jefferson County Sheriff nabs suspected burglars at coin shop

    Four suspects were caught "in the act" of burglarizing a south Jefferson County business overnight. Two adults and two juveniles tried to burgle the World of Coins, 7735 W. Long Drive, according to a 5:37 a.m. Tweet by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. The business is located off of South Wadsworth Boulevard and West Bowles Avenue, east of Southwest Plaza. Kieran Nicholson: ...

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