Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law last summer some enhancements to the state’s film tax incentive program, and as a result six projects are expected to shoot next year in Louisiana. Pre-production on a Tom Hanks World War Two era film began in Baton Rouge yesterday. Louisiana Economic Development’s Don Pierson applauds the changes to the movie tax program…:
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Crews are expected to film aboard the U-S-S Kidd on the Mississippi River and other Baton Rouge locations next March.

Three former NFL players with connections to New Orleans are among those suspended from the NFL Network amid accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior. CBS News reports that NFL Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk, Super Bowl champions Heath Evans and Ike Taylor are accused of harassing a former wardrobe stylist at the network.

An anonymous donor gave an astonishing one-million-dollar gift to the University of Louisiana at Monroe…:
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A Bossier Parish teacher has been arrested for allegedly stealing prescription drugs from a co-worker. Lt. Bill Davis with the Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Robyn Edmonds of Princeton Elementary School is in big trouble…:
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Bossier Parish School officials say Edmonds has been placed on leave.