The Louisiana National Guard has released the identities of the four soldiers killed in a helicopter crash during a training exercise over the Florida Panhandle last week. Louisiana National Guard Major General Glenn Curtis says 37-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin, Jr., of Delhi, leaves behind a wife and four children. He says Griffin joined the National Guard in 1994…”
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The other servicemen who died Tuesday are 44-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Strother of Alexandria, 40-year-old Staff Sgt. Lance Bergeron of Thibodaux and 26-year-old Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich of Baton Rouge along with the 7 Marines from North Carolina.

Officials with the Eglin Airforce Base say responders and divers continue to focus on collecting human remains and debris from the helicopter along the shoreline and in the debris fields around the accident site.

A Washington Post article refers to Governor Bobby Jindal as one of the great mysteries of the early 2016 presidential campaign. Eric Gill has more…:
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After several weeks of gains it looks like the gas price is trying to come back down. The current statewide average for a gallon of regular is down a penny from the day before to $2.25.