A neighbor reported a suspected Dog fighting operation leading St. Tammany Parish deputies to arrest a 23-year-old Folsom man and his 45-year-old mother yesterday. Austin Alexander faces 28 counts of dogfighting, while Natia Alexander faces 28 counts as a principal to dogfighting. Lt. Suzanne Carboni says STP Animal Control seized 28 pit bulls and deputies discovered items associated with dog fighting.
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Both suspects were booked into the parish correctional center.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a pair of bills aimed at lowering homeowners insurance premiums by strengthening the state’s fortified roof program. One of them is House Bill 145, proposed by Denham Springs Republican Roger Wilder
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The bill has the support of Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple
Addis’ very own John Foster has made it to the season finale of American Idol. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Several L-S-P Troops will participate in a special enforcement of the Move Over Law tomorrow. The law requires motorists to slow down and change lanes, if safe, when approaching emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road with their lights flashing. Trooper Ryan Davis…