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  • Okla. Medical examiner expects more bodies

    The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...

  • Jefferson City doctor who received emergency suspension allowed back in medicine

    When a ferocious storm hit De Soto High School dead-on in 2003, no children were hurt, thanks in part to the efforts of two track coaches who ...

  • Delgado baseball team avoids Oklahoma tornado

    The Delgado baseball team was in Oklahoma competing for a shot to go to the Junior College World Series. Instead, they encountered a series of severe ...

  • Merging Could Secure The Future of Health Care in Jefferson Parish

    Representatives from East and West Jefferson hospitals say a merger with a bigger hospital system is the works. For that to happen the rules have to be changed in the form of House Bill 383. This legislation would amend the current law which would now allow elected official to determine the hospital's fatenot voters. House Bill 383 has made it through the house and is expected to ...

  • Did New Orleans exploit the Dalai Lama

    New Orleans did win the lottery by scoring a visit from one of the most influential people in the world! We were lucky enough to have the Dalai Lama in town for a few days. A picture on the city’s ...


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Movie Review

Man on Wire

Man on Wire

The subject of James Marshs engrossing documentary Man on Wire is so good that its a wonder no one has thought to make a film about it before. Its not that the story is in any way a secret (on the contrary, it made international headlines in August of 1974), but it is quite possible ... ...

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  • Maine Street near Jefferson Highway

    One day we decided: ';We should do a story on all the potholes around New Orleans.'; And Pothole of the Day was born. Let us know if you have a pothole near you by sending us an e-mail: ...

  • Louisiana revokes companys explosives license

    JACKSON, Miss. - An explosives recycling company that authorities said improperly stored millions of pounds of a military propellant, causing the evacuation of a Louisiana town last year, was stripped of its state explosives licenses on Monday.Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Julie Lewis said Explo System Inc.'s state explosives licenses will remain revoked "pending the adjudication ...

  • Broadmoor residents discuss crime camera initiative

    "Our car broken into three times in the last year, and as recently as last week somebody came in and took the headlight right out of my wife's Volkswagen," Broadmoor resident Jeff Gardner ...

  • Audit finds workers stole for Jefferson Parish schools

    "I just don't understand how someone could steal money from kids, especially from the school that really needs it," said Christiana Compton, who has two children who attended Jefferson Elementary ...

  • Officials 6 killed in OKC tornado

    A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of city on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...

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