Advocates are asking a judge to order for the removal of incarcerated youth housed at Angola. They are concerned with the lack of air conditioning and teens are sometimes in solitary confinement. Southern Poverty Law Center senior policy analyst Delvin Davis is urging the state to reform Louisiana’s juvenile justice system…
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The Office of Juvenile Justice says they do not comment on legal action.

Authorities believe they have found a missing a geochacher in a wooded area near Alexandria. Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Tommy Carnline says the severely decomposed body of 58-year-old Robert Owens was located near Messina Road…
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Carnline says Owens traveled from New Jersey to geocache, it’s an activity where people use their phone to find hidden containers.

The Louisiana Department of Revenue plans to move millions of dollars in tax refunds to unclaimed property if taxpayers do not claim them.
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Many are heading out to their local lottery retailer this afternoon to get a Powerball ticket. The jackpot is one-billion dollars. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says the odds of winning the jackpot in 1-in-292 million…
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