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Cuts needed to align Monroe school budget
MONROE, La. (AP) -- Reductions in the number of employees, possible school closures and cuts to services including food and transportation are all possibilities as Monroe City Schools superintendent-elect Brent Vidrine takes the helm of the district on June ...
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Judge to hear request to expand Eastside
HAMMOND, La. (AP) -- The proposal to expand Hammond Eastside Middle School to eighth grade will be discussed in federal court May 29 in New ...
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Lafayette council considers 30-day amnesty
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- The Lafayette City-Parish Council is expected to consider a 30-day amnesty period for motorists who are late paying red-light camera fines, and to consider splitting late fees with contractor Redflex if the company shares the cost of collecting overdue ...
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Hornets Returning To Charlotte Bobcats Start Name Change Process Report
Charlotte Hornets players Jamal Mashburn, center, Rodney Buford, right, and Tim James, left, hold their new jerseys up during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 3, ...
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Eunice man killed 2 others wounded in shooting
RAYNE, La. (AP) -- An 18-year-old Eunice man was shot and later died after he and two others were attacked in the small Acadia Parish community of Branch north of ...
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West Feliciana police jury tables charter vote
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) -- The West Feliciana Parish Police Jury has table an attempt to call an Oct. 19 election to possibly repeal the home-rule charter voters approved by a 337-vote margin on Nov. ...
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New Iberia woman sentenced in tax refund scheme
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- A 40-year-old New Iberia woman has been sentenced to 26 months in prison in a tax refund scheme that netted $77,349 that the woman used for gambling ...
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More tornadoes in forecast for central US Tuesday
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this ...
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Crash involving unlicensed teen driver leaves 10-year-old dead
INDEPENDENCE, LA (WAFB) - Authorities said a 15-year-old girl may be facing charges after driving without a license and losing control of a car in a crash that left a 10-year-old girl dead Monday afternoon. The crash happened on LA 1054 just north of LA 40 in Independence around 4:30 p.m. The victim's name was not released. Louisiana State Police said the teen was driving a 2004 ...
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Elite getting incentives for Metro Airport flights
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge Metro Airport will give a standard incentive package to Elite Airways when the company begins flying out of the market in ...
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$3K reward for whooping crane killer in N La.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A hunter in northwest Louisiana has shot and killed one of the first whooping cranes brought to Louisiana in an attempt to re-establish the highly endangered species in the ...
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St Tam coroner to turn over 80K emails
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Lawyers say St. Tammany Parish Coroner Peter Galvan has agreed to give nearly 80,000 emails to the state legislative auditor by late Friday morning, and to have a judge decide whether another 2,000 should be turned ...
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Jordan seeks to bring Hornets back
(1 hr ago) Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation. The person said Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a news conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been ...
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Jordan will change Charlotte nickname back to Hornets | NBA
Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation. The person said ...
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Man shot after attacking sheriffs deputy
Detectives are looking for a killer after a deadly shooting late Sunday night. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said James Dillon, 20, of Independence, was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle. The ...
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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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Bill creating a state collections department moves forward
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Representative Chris Broadwater and a supporting cast presented his bill to members of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee on Monday. The bill would create a centralized collection department to work in conjunction with the Department of Revenue and the Attorney General's Office. "At a time when we've seen cuts to higher education, ...
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No bond for ex-RB Collins probation hearing Jul 1
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A Louisiana judge has ordered former Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins held without bond until a probation hearing July 1.The Advocate ( http://bit.ly/12pRZDO) reports that District Judge Mike Caldwell will decide whether Collins violated probation on Louisiana charges by committing a burglary in Florida in late 1999.Collins was released from a Florida prison May 1 ...
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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 ...
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Source Bobcats to become Hornets on Tuesday
Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets. The person says Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a press conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been publicly announced. NBA deputy commissioner and COO Adam Silver ...
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More than 20000 homes without power mostly in Ascension Parish
Detectives are looking for a killer after a deadly shooting late Sunday night. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said James Dillon, 20, of Independence, was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle. The ...
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Legislative auditors report released on Dept. of Education
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A new Legislative Audit report released Monday shows some problems with the way the State Department of Education is managing its charter schools. Charter schools are independent, publicly funded elementary or secondary schools that are operated through a charter between a non-profit or other group and the state. State law requires the state to monitor the ...
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Mike Molly will not air due to tragic events in Oklahoma
(CBS) - According to CBS, the season finale of 'Mike & Molly' will not air due to the tragic events Monday afternoon in Oklahoma. CBS officials say it is due to a related storyline. A repeat broadcast will run in the time period instead of the season finale. The season finale will be broadcast at an appropriate date. 'Mike & Molly' airs on WAFB Channel 9 at 8:30 ...
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Judge tosses ex-BP executives obstruction charge
NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ...
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Vanderbilt LSU headline expanded SEC tournament
Vanderbilt and LSU are the favorites to win this week's Southeastern Conference tournament after mowing through regular-season play with uncommon ease.The real intrigue, however, is the new single-elimination format in the opening round of the tournament.Instead of the usual double-elimination format, the league's coaches say the sudden-death round was added because of scheduling and ...
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Mayor Holden’s preparing Baton Rouge for the future.
Baton Rouge’s mayor, Kip Holden, has spent most of his tenure as mayor outside the city on foreign or domestic trips to business conferences or meetings aimed at promoting cultural ties. It’s a strategy that has been successfully employed by some of the world’s greatest leaders.
The Mayor of Baton Rouge, Kip Holden, is going out of his way to increase economic activity in Louisiana’s capital by undertaking a series of what one might call ‘promotional’ trips to cities around the US and the world, promoting Baton Rouge as a serious contender for investment by big businesses. Read more
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