The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced today that the state plans to stop billing sexual assault victims for exams and tests. Eric Gill reports…:
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Candidates in the 6th Congressional District race took part in a forum today at the Baton Rouge Press Club. Just down the road former President Bill Clinton rallied for Senator Mary Landrieu in the US-Senate race against Congressman Bill Cassidy and retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness. Early voting for the November 4th election begins tomorrow.

The Gonzales Police Department is investigating the case of a man from Mississippi who was found dead in his car in the Wal-Mart parking lot over the weekend. Spokesman Sgt. Stephen Nethken says 26-year-old Lucas Sanchez of Pascagoula was seen on surveillance video walking into the store in the early morning hours of Saturday…:
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Nethken says there were several aerosol cans found in Sanchez’s vehicle and they believe he died of an overdose.

Crews are cleaning up a major crude oil spill in Caddo Parish that leaked into Tete Bayou after the Mid-Valley pipeline ruptured. DEQ spokesman Greg Landley says once Sunoco Logistics, who operate the pipeline, noticed a drop in pressure, they went to work…:
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It’s estimated that approximately 4,000 barrels of crude oil spilled.