Thousands are making their way to their Christmas destination today where they’ll spend the weekend with family and friends. Triple-A spokesperson Don Redman says more than 103 million Americans will travel between today and January 2nd…
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Redman say many people are comfortable with hitting the road, because of the second cheapest New Year’s gas prices in nearly a decade.

Authorities say a 75-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after she was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and stuffed in the trunk of her own vehicle. Franklin Parish Sheriff Kevin Cobb says the elderly victim escaped from the trunk in Wisner…
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Cobb says her attacker, 32-year-old Jimmy Edward Franklin, was taken into custody this morning in Franklin Parish.

Wooden structures are lined up along the Mississippi River levee in St. James Parish where they’ll be set on fire as part of the Festival of Bonfires tomorrow night. Festival spokesperson Jason Amato says once again there are some creative bonfire builders…
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Amato says they light the bonfires at 7 p.m. sharp, but he encourages spectators to be there at 5 p.m.

Children are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus tomorrow night. The North American Aerospace Defense Command began tracking Santa’s trip around the world in 1955. Lt. Commaner Paul Noel says there was a misprint in the paper urging children to call and talk to Santa, instead it connected them to the Continental Air Defense Command…..
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Now you can track Santa’s movements through the NORAD Santa app.