The first of several memorial services for late Governor Kathleen Blanco happens this morning with an interfaith ceremony at St. Joseph Cathedral in Downtown Baton Rouge. State Police will escort her body from Lafayette to Baton Rouge. Once inside St. Joseph Cathedral, Diocese of Baton Rouge spokesperson Deacon Dan Borne (Bor-nay), says the Louisiana flag will be draped over the casket an opening prayer will be given and there will be three scripture readings.
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After the service at St. Joseph Cathedral. Blanco’s casket will be taken a short distance to the Louisiana State Capitol where she’ll lie in state from 1 until 6 PM. Higher Ed Commissioner and former Blanco aide Kim Hunter Reed says the state’s only female governor is getting a fitting send-off…
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Another public viewing and the funeral will take place Friday and Saturday in Lafayette.

Slidell police arrest two people after a kindergartner is found with a bag of blow and two baggies of crack at school…
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St. Landry parish authorities suspect foul play in the death of a woman found in a ditch on Sunday night near Washington. No identity on the victim, but on her possession was a Texas State University graduate school lanyard.