18:30 LRN Newscast March 8

Target and Walmart are putting more cash in their employees pockets. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Thibodaux police say a man who allegedly stole Similac formula from the store where he worked and used it to buy drugs. 28-year-old Trevor Theriot exchanged the formula for Norco pills and admitted to stealing chicken noodle soup and gum in the past to exchange for pills. Following his arrest, he was found in the possession of heroin. He is in custody on a 10-thousand-dollar bond…

The Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Department is seeking information in finding persons responsible for the death of a cow and three calves. Commissioner Mike Strain says they were run over by a truck at a levee near Port Barre. The persons responsible for the cows’ deaths entered the property illegally where state owned cattle are present. Strain says vehicles should not be on the levee…

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Persons with information on this crime should call the St. Landry’s Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish is in operation for the 12th time since the 1930s. Water from the rising Mississippi River is flowing into Lake Pontchartrain, easing the pressure on New Orleans area levees. Colonel Mike Clancy of the Corps New Orleans office says the public is allowed to watch how it operates, but there are some rules…

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