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LSU’s 2018 recruiting class ranks outside of the top 10 for the first time in several years. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Pineville-based Cleco Corporate Holdings has acquired South Central Generating LLC, which includes nine utility cooperatives and eight generating assets in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, totaling one-billion-dollars. Spokesperson Jennifer Cahill says this will be a seamless transition for their customers.
To reaffirm their commitment to Louisiana, Cahill says Cleco Energy will maintain the current workforce’s numbers and compensation.
The Coast Guard rescued four people from the Lower Atchafalaya River south of Patterson after an emergency landing of a twin-engine plane. Petty Officer Lora Ratliff says the pilot was flying from Slidell to Patterson late Tuesday afternoon when the Coast Guard in New Orleans received an emergency call. Ratliff said the pilot made a valiant effort trying to avoid the emergency landing of the Piper PA-34 twin-engine plane, but realized he couldn’t make it to an airstrip…
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A police shooting by an Iberia Parish Sherriff’s deputy was ruled legally justified by District Attorney Bo Duhe. 40-year-old Shannon Labit was suspected in the stabbing of two women prior to the two hour standoff that ended with his shooting. The DA concluded that the conditions under which Labit was shot met the standard of reasonable belief that he posed an imminent danger. Labit was shot while allegedly charging at deputies with a cordless drill. Labit’s family says he suffered from mental illness.
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