About 37-thousand Medicaid recipients are set to receive a letter from the state informing them they may lose their benefits on July 1st that pays for their nursing home, insurance or care at a long-term faciliy. Republicans say the letters are going out too soon, because there’s still time to find the funding by July 1st. But Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says impacted patients need to consider their options…
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Livingston Sheriff Jason Ard is re-opening the case in the disappearance of Barbara Blount. The then 58 year old went missing in the middle of the day on May 2nd, 2008 and has never been seen again. Back then a dozen or so volunteers combed the woods surrounding her house in Holden, Ard says it’s time to stir the pot again.
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Ard says it’s possible someone lured Blount out of her home and dumped her body somewhere else.

The Pelicans season ended last night a 113-to-104 loss to the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. Golden State was just too good in this series, but New Orleans Coach Alvin Gentry still sees his team is one on the rise…
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Gentry and General Manager Dell Demps will preview the offseason with a press conference tomorrow.

A 20-year-old Thibodaux man has been arrested for allegedly running over one woman and punching another one in the face, knocking her unconscious. Both victims survied the attack. LaFourche Parish Sheriff’s office Lt. Brennan Matherne says it all began with a domestic argument…
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The woman ran over was taken to the hospital for treatment.