Two Louisiana chefs are on the way to Japan, where they will cook gumbo for the US Ambassador of Japan at the Mississippi River Country reception. Halen Doughty has more…:
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a fatal blaze in Ville Platte that claimed the life of a 62-year-old man. They say first responders were working to suppress the flames around 1am Sunday when they located the lifeless body of James Malveaux. There were no smoke alarms found in the residence. The Evageline Parish Coroner is conducting an autopsy to determine the official cause of death.

An Acadia Parish woman is fighting to get her spider monkey back after he was seized by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for the second time in 2 years. State law prohibits owning exotic animals, but Justine Quinn of Church Point says she’s had her monkey since before the law went into effect. She says LDWF came back to get Darwin even after she had a court order saying she could keep him until the matter was settled.
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LDWF is not commenting on the matter.

The LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been ranked the ninth best nursing school in the country by the Nursing Schools Almanac. Dr. Demetrius Porche, Dean of the School of Nursing, says s the key factors to the rating are…:
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The school also ranked number 5 among public nursing schools and second in the Southeast region.