The Baton Rouge Police Department has added charges against the man who is accused in the death of the pregnant teacher whose body was found this week in Iberville Parish. Spokesman L’Jean McKneely says 39-year-old Robert Marks is now booked with first degree murder and first degree feticide now that 40-year-old Lyntell Washignont was identified as the body….:
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Marks was already charged with kidnapping and desertion of Washington’s child the night the teacher vanished.

For the 5th consecutive month, That Bayou State’s labor force has risen. The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the number of people employed in the state is up by 569 people from the prior month, with 21 fewer individuals unemployed but actively looking for a job. They say the unemployment rate was 6.3 percent, unchanged from both the previous month and prior year.

According to LSU economist Dr. Jim Richardson, Louisiana could finish this fiscal year with a 200 million dollar deficit. Senate President John Alario says Richardson informed him that corporate income taxes are way below what was projected. But he says there are some circumstances that could improve this…:
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Alario says if the state finishes this fiscal year with a 200 million dollar deficit, programs that were going to be enhanced would greatly suffer.

A former Livingston Parish teacher has been arrested following allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a student at Walker Freshman High School. Walker Police Capt. John Sharp says 33-year-old Lynsie Pendarvis was arrested following an interview with the 15-year-old student who confirmed they had sex:
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