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OSHA impersonator gets 57 months in oil spill scam
spill NEW ORLEANS - A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly of Belle Chasse, had claimed to be an Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety instructor. She held classes in ...
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Overwhelming support for family who lost everything in a fire
The Clark County Coroner's office released the name of a boy who died after, police say, he was run over by two suspects in a vehicle who took off with his ...
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Southern falls to Prairie View in SWAC elimination game
Fort Worth, TX (WAFB) - Southern was eliminated Friday from the SWAC Baseball Tournament, falling to Prairie View 11-4.Prairie View jumped out on the Jags early with a quick run in the first inning and two more in the second inning.In the bottom of the second, trailing 3-0, Southern struck back. Brian Rowry singled with one out and after a Jose DeLa Torre walk and Sean Washington's ...
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State Fire Marshal returns from West Texas explosion scene
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Browning recently returned from West, Texas. West is the site of a fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 and injured 200 more. The blast happened April, 14th and was triggered by a fire that was reported 20 minutes earlier. Twelve of the 14 killed were first responders. Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Browning met with ...
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Judge delays ex-BP engineers trial
NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge in an order Friday agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The judge also had some stern words for attorneys on both ...
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Three arrested for Medicaid fraud
At the corner of Plank Rd. and Scenic Highway sits a Chevron gas station. It's off I-110 near Memorial Stadium. Around 10 p.m.Sunday, a family stopped here to get gas. "Upon our arrival, we located ...
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7th person arrested in connection to Mothers Day shooting
One person has died in a crash near Harrisonville, MO, Thursday evening. The crash happened on Missouri Highway 7 and Walker Road. It involved a car and a tractor-trailer. Harrisonville is in Cass ...
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Bill to ban social media use in car moves forward
One person has died in a crash near Harrisonville, MO, Thursday evening. The crash happened on Missouri Highway 7 and Walker Road. It involved a car and a tractor-trailer. Harrisonville is in Cass ...
Baton Rouge Feature
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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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