Investigators are planning a massive search of the Baton Rouge North landfill to recover the remains of a missing 15-year-old. Kace Kieschnick has more on this grim story….
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Forty-nine men and women began training to be a State Police Trooper today. Cadet Class 109 will train for 24 weeks in Baton Rouge in areas such as defensive tactics, advanced firearms and impaired driving detection.
The GOHSEP estimates 15-hundred households in Avoyelles Parish have reported flood damage in their home from the record rainfall event on June 18th. Avoyelles Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness director Joey Frank says 120 displaced residents are staying in hotel rooms or in RVS at the Paragon Casino, with the state picking up the tab…
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Those with damage are strongly encouraged to document all of it at damage.la.gov, in order to bolster the state’s quest to secure a federal disaster declaration.
State Treasurer John Fleming did not advance to the general election in the Senate Republican Primary run-off, but his campaign strategist Roy Fletcher says Fleming ran a good campaign, nearly hitting a home run…
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Fleming lost by 14-percentage points to Julia Letlow, who will be on the November 3rd ballot along with Democratic Party Primary winner Jamie Davis.