Concerns are mounting over a US Environmental Protection Agency plan to perform an open tray burn in northwest Louisiana as a way to dispose 15-million pounds of M-6 propellant. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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Governor Bobby Jindal today announced J&M Industries will expand the company’s tarp manufacturing facility at the Ponchatoula Industrial Park. He says it’s a $4.5 million dollar investment and will retain 107 existing jobs and create 30 new direct jobs.

The Bossier City Police Department says a 25-year-old Shreveport woman is booked with negligent homicide in the death of her son who was killed in a crash she was involved in. Spokesman Mark Natale says Quirtisha Allen was arrested Thursday in connection with the September 2014 incident…:
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Natale says they also found out speed was a factor in the crash. Allen is being held on $45,000 bond.

Newsday is reporting Saints Quarterback Drew Brees and his wife Brittany have donated $200,000 through their Dream Foundation to help rebuild homes in New York damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The United Way of Long Island calls Brees a true Saint.