Sad story out of Madison Parish. A grandmother in Tallulah died Friday afternoon trying to keep one of her grandsons from shooting another according to authorities. Cops say the woman apparently died of a heart attack when trying to defuse the dispute between cousins. One teen shot the other they say and he’s in custody while the other is in the hospital.

There’s a growing concern in northwest Louisiana over a plan to burn 15-million pounds of M6 propellant in steel trays at Camp Minden. Minden Mayor Tommy Davis says he and other local officials are worried about possible health effects…:
CUT 3 (10) “environmental impact”
The US E-P-A supports opening burning as the disposal method.

5th District newly elected Congressman Ralph Abraham joined the many Republicans in the US-House on Friday by voting to approve the TransCanada Corp. Keystone XL pipeline project. The President has promised to veto such a bill if it hits his desk. 6th District Congressman Garret Graves says having the actual Keystone Pipeline legislation in front of President Obahama may cause The White house to reconsider vetoing it, considering the amount of support…:
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The Senate has enough votes to pass an identical bill and will take a test vote on Monday.

Money news from the Louisiana Lottery: Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is a big one at $162 million dollars. That’s a cash value of $105.5 Million. Nobody hit Mega Millions in last night’s drawing so that prize now goes to $246 million for the next drawing on Tuesday.