Budget limitations mean there will be fewer construction projects in Louisiana, according to Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne. Michelle Southern has more…
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A crash with a fire truck sent six people in Baton Rouge to the hospital. The Baton Rouge Fire Department says it happened at the intersection of Florida Blvd. and Wooddale Blvd. The fire truck was t-boned while trying to get to a vehicle wreck on Greenwell Springs with its sirens and lights on. The three people in the vehicle, as well as, three in the fire truck were knocked unconscious. The fire truck driver suffered the most serious injuries.

 
Candiate for US Senate Troy Hebert is suing Southern Media and Opinion Research pollster Bernie Pinsonat for listing him as a Republican rather than an Independent in a poll. Hebert says he is not seeking damages in the suit, but it would be up to the judge to decide whether or not to award him any money in this case.
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Pinsonat says identifying Hebert as an Independent wouldn’t have helped his numbers.

A Marksville deputy city marshal charged with the murder of a 6-year-old wants to find out if prosecutors used hypnosis on their witnesses. Norris Greenhouse Jr’s attorney, George Higgins, filed a motion to discover if polygraph tests or sodium pentothal were used. Legal Analyst Tim Meche says it was completely appropriate for Greenhouse’s attorney to do this.
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