Louisiana motorists have seen a seven-cent increase in gasoline prices over the last week. Triple A’s fuel analyst Don Redman says the average price for regular gasoline is $2.39 a gallon. Redman says we usually see prices go up at this time of the year, plus supplies are down…
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Redman says prices will continue to increase as we get closer to the summer driving season.

A 55-million dollar Powerball lottery ticket was sold in Lafayette, the second Powerball jackpot prize winner in Louisiana in the last five months. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says they are not sure who the winner is, but the lucky ticketholder has a couple of options on how to claim their prize….
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Two people are dead after being hit while riding a motorcycle at two o’clock this morning by 14-year-old driver. State Trooper Bryan Lee says the 14-year-old was driving in the wrong lane on L-A 74 in Ascension Parish….
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Lee says they do not know why the teenager was driving.

Louisiana’s unemployment rate for February was 4.5 percent, an over-the-year decline of over one-percent. Jeff Palermo has more…
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