The price of oil has fallen over 50 dollars in the last six months, but the head of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association is not anticipating another oil bust the way we saw in the 1980s. LOGA President Don Briggs says companies in the oil industry learned from that event to make sure they stay in business…:
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He says there will be some belt tightening that’s already taken place.

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says three men are cited on several fishing violations in Terrebonne Parish after bragging to an off-duty agent about their illegal activity. Spokesman Adam Einck says the off-duty agent was fishing near the two of the culprits in Bayou Chauvin…
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The men didn’t realize they were bragging to an agent.

A Baton Rouge shoe store employee is being uncooperative with LSU Police in regards to the sale of game-worn LSU football equipment on eBay. Eric Gill has more…:
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Louisiana State Police say an 18-year-old driver was killed this morning in a fatal East Feliciana Parish crash just before 8 this morning in Jackson. They say Mekala Brooks of Baker crossed a center line and was hit on the drivers side by a pickup truck. Brooks wasn’t buckled up and suffered fatal injuries when she was ejected.