It would be easier for voters to recall an elected official under a House approved bill now headed to the Senate. The measure would reduce the number of signatures required for a recall petition. Covington Representative Paul Hollis says Louisiana has the highest threshold necessary to effect a recall election…:
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The bill passed the full House on a 70-27 vote.

UL-System President and CEO Jim Henderson wants your help in writing his 10,000th tweet, and if yours is chosen, you’ll get a $500 one-time scholarship. To enter, tweet using the hashtag JH10K about something you love about UL-System colleges. Dr. Jim Henderson says he determined Twitter would be the best way to reach students in a fun way..:
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Henderson expects to announce a winner with in the next two weeks.

Will Hayden, the former Sons of Guns reality TV star, will spend his life in prison for raping young girls. A Baton Rouge judge today sentenced the 51-year-old Greenwell Springs man to two life sentences on the aggravated rape convictions, plus 40 years to run concurrently. Hayden is slated for another rape trial in Livingston Parish in July.

A St. Landry Parish cold case becomes a murder case after an inmate confesses to killing his great uncle in 2011. Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says Dale LaFleur has been missing since 2011 and his great nephew 23-year-old Phillip LaFleur was incarcerated in LaSalle Parish on a separate murder charge. He says Phillip LaFleur passed a note to the guards saying he wanted to speak with St. Landry Parish detectives…:
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He says search efforts are underway to retrieve the body from the river.