Baton Rouge Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting death of West. St. John High School football coach Juan Joseph. Eric Gill reports…
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A federal grand jury has handed down indictments to a total of 13 people from Louisiana and one from Texas in connection with a methamphetimine distribution ring in South Central Louisiana. Some defendants face up to 20 years in prison, while others face up to life inprisonment. The arrests are part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.

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Two bodies were found in Lake Pontchartrain this morning and authorities believe they were on board a plane that crashed into the lake last week. New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Colonel Jerry Sneed, says the first body was located at 7:15 AM….
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It is believed the two bodies are flight instructor Burt Lattimore of Chalmette and a student, Aftab Rab of Mandeville.

The Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Natchitoches is listed as one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty.says they obtained plant violation information from the feds through the Freedom of Information Act…
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That’s Farm Sanctuary director of policy, Bruce Friedrich (FREED-rick). Moving forward, Pilgrims Farms says they will ensure compliance with state and federal laws.

The two bodies found in Lake Pontchartrain this morning are believed to be a flight instructor and student that were on board a Cessna plane that crashed into the lake last week. New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Colonel Jerry Sneed…
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The victims appear to be Burt Lattimore of Chalmette and Aftab Rab of Mandeville.

Two cousins have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a West St. John High School football coach early Sunday morning in Baton Rouge. Wtnesses say twenty-seven year-old Juan Joseph was trying to diffuse an esculating situation outside a night club when he was shot. BRPD arrested 25 year-old Kendric Cloud yesterday…
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That’s Cpl. Don Coppolo, who says Kendric’s cousin, 25 year-old Lemark Cloud was the alleged get-away driver.

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Pilgrims Pride Chicken Plant in Natchitoches has been named one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty. Farm Sanctuary and the Animal Welfare Institute director of policy, Bruce Friedrich (FREED-rick) says they had gotten reports of workers routinely throwing live birds into bags of dead on arrival birds…
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In a statement, Pilgrim Farms says they have made voluntary corrective actions.

Record lows were hit in southeast Louisiana this morning, as Baton Rouge broke the record temperature dating all the way back to January 1930…
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That’s Andrew Ansorge (An-Sore-Gy) with the National Weather Service, who also says warmer weather for the state is on the way.

There’s been two arrests in connection with the shooting death of a West St. John High School football coach over the weekend in Baton Rouge. BRPD Cpl. Don Coppola says they’re are still putting the pieces together in the murder of Juan Joseph…
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Two cousins; twenty-five year-old Kendric Cloud and Lemark Cloud have been charged in the case and were booked into EBR Parish Prison last night.

Record low temperatures hit Southeast Louisiana this morning, but warmer weather is on the way. And with that, other changes for the weekend…
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That’s Andrew Ansorge (An-Sore-Gy) with the National Weather Service.
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There have been two bodies found in Lake Pontchartrain this morning and authorities believe they were onboard a plane that crashed into the lake last week. New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Colonel Jerry Sneed, says there’s no official ID, but it appears the victims are flight instructor Burt Lattimore of Chalmette and his student Aftab Rab of Mandeville…
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As the search for the plane is ongoing, the investigation of the crash continues.

USA Today released its annual report on college football coaches today, and LSU Head Coach Les Miles is the 7th highest paid coach with an annual four-point three million dollars. Alabama Head coach Nick Saban is the highest paid with an annual salary of seven-point-one million.

Farm Sanctuary and the Animal Welfare Institute have listed the Pilgrims Pride plant in Natchitoches as one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty. Eric Gill has more…:
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Louisiana State Police say a pedestrian was struck and killed this morning around 1am in Lafourche Parish. They say a GMC Sierra was traveling on LA 316 in Houma when it hit 29-year-old Tyler Authement (Oh-De-Mah) who was walking in the same lane. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Impairment is not suspected on the part of the driver of the Sierra and no charges have been filed at this time.

Record temperatures were recorded throughout southeast Louisiana over night. Baton Rouge hit 27 degrees which broke the previous record of 28 degrees back in 1930. Andrew Ansorge (An-Sore-Gy) with the National Weather Service says the high pressure that settled the cold air in last night is going to start to move off to the east today..:
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He says more severe wet weather is expected throughout the state this weekend.

Two bodies were found in Lake Pontchartrain this morning and authorities believe they were on board a plane that crashed into the lake last week. New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Colonel Jerry Sneed, says the first body was located at 7:15 AM….:
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We’re still waiting to get positive ID but it’s believed to be flight instructor Burt Lattimore of Chalmette and Aftab Rab of Mandeville, who was taking flying lessons.

Baton Rouge Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting death of West. St. John High School football coach Juan Joseph. Eric Gill reports…
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Louisiana State Police say a Coushatta woman who wasn’t buckled up died in a crash last night in Red River Parish. They say 44-year-old Salley Giddens was hit from behind when she was stopped waiting to turn into a private drive on Highway 71. Her car was thrown into the opposite lane of traffic and hit by a truck. LSP says Giddens wasn’t restrained and suffered fatal injuries in the crash.

Farm Sanctuary and the Animal Welfare Institute have listed the Pilgrims Pride plant in Natchitoches as one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty. Farm Sanctuary director of policy, Bruce Friedrich (FREED-rick), says, for one, they found Pilgrims was allowing animals to freeze to death because of bad weather protocol. The plant said in a statement corrective actions are being taken but Friedrich says that doesn’t cut it…:
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Gas prices keep dropping. We’re down another cent from last night to $2.69 for a gallon of regular according to the American Automobile Association.

Baton Rouge Police have arrested two cousins in connection with the shooting death of West. St. John High School football coach Juan Joseph. Cpl. Don Coppola says they arrested 25-year-old Lemark Cloud Monday night. He says 25-year-old Kendric Cloud was taken into custody Tuesday…:
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He says Cloud was the alleged getaway driver.

Record lows were hit in southeast Louisiana this morning, but warmer weather is on the way. Andrew Ansorge (An-Sore-Gy) says Baton Rouge broke the record temperature dating all the way back to January 1930…:
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He says the high pressure that brought the cold in is moving off to the east today and south winds will bring in moisture and more severe weather is expected to move through the state this weekend.

The Pilgrims Pride plant in Natchitoches is listed as one of the nine worst chicken plants in the nation for animal cruelty. The list was compiled in part by Farm Sanctuary and policy director Bruce Friedrich (FREED-rick) says they got plant violation information from the federal government through the Freedom of Information Act…:
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He says violations include workers throwing chickens in the same bags as dead birds.

Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program returned a record $35.5 million last fiscal year, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy. Currently the state has over $635 million in unclaimed property. If you think some of that is yours, you can search online at www-dot-LATreasury-dot-com.

The Baton Rouge Police Department has made two arrests in connection with the death of a West St. John High School Football Coach. They say 25-year-old Lentrell Cloud is charged with second degree murder for allegeldy shooting 27-year-old Juan Joseph outside of a nightclub in Baton Rouge over the weekend. The other man arrested was 25-year-old Lemark Cloud who is accused of being the getaway driver. The two suspects are cousins.

According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, flu activity is on the increase in Louisiana. Scott Carwile has more…:
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The US Small Business Administration has approved Governor Bobby Jindal’s request for federal disaster assistance in Ouachita Parish following the tornadoes last month. This means low interest disaster loans are available to homeowners and businesses whose property was damaged as a result of the storms. You can apply online at disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.

Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu was not successful in pushing a US Senate bill that would green-light the Keystone Oil Pipeline. The measure needed 60 votes to pass but it only got 59. Landrieu has been pushing to get the measure passed to illustrate her clout to voters in the US-Senate runoff against Congressman Bill Cassidy. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat…:
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The Cassidy campaign responded to the vote saying this demonstrates Landrieu is not capable of standing up for Louisiana effectively.