Cops say a woman lost her life and a man is seriously injured after being run over in the shoulder of I-12 in Livingston Parish Monday afternoon. Trooper Bryan Lee says 57-year-old Maggie Lynn of Independence and 56-year-old James Kinchen of Tickfaw were trying to load a car on the back of a trailer. He says they were struck by 26-year-old Mekdad Zidan of Baton rouge and Lynn died instantly…:
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Zidan was placed under arrest for reckless operation and negligent homicide because cops believe he was speeding when he lost control and hit the couple.

A former Iberia Parish Sheriff’s deputy faces a day in jail for punching a man who was under arrest in September 2013 after the Sugar Can Festival in New Iberia. US Attorney Stephanie Fialey says 29-year-old Cody Laperouse must also perform 200 hours of community service, take anger management and pay a $2,000 fine. Laperouse pleaded guilty in March to a count of depriving a man of his civil rights.

In an effort to re-establish the species, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has released juvenile Alligator Snapping Turtles into the Calcasieu River Basin. Eric Gill has more…:
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According to figures released today by the US Labor Department, unemployment fell in June in Louisiana to 6.4 percent down from 6.6 percent where it’s been the past three months. The Louisiana Workforce Commission also says we’re close to an all-time high in payrolls with employers reporting 13,000 more jobs than in June of last year.